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 how many of you have some of these in your yard right now?

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 It's the tireless battle.

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 Unless, of course, you're my daughters.

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 In which case, this is a beautiful bouquet and a gift.

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 And please don't throw it in the garbage, Daddy.

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 As my grade 6 teacher used to say,

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 a weed is just a flower in a place that it's not wanted.

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 Well, this morning we're going to be looking at another parable of Jesus,

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 a parable about the kingdom of heaven,

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 in which he uses weeds as an analogy to make a point,

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 to tell us something important that we need to know.

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 Verse 24, let's listen in.

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 Jesus told them another parable.

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 The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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 But while everyone was sleeping,

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 his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

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 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads,

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 then the weeds also appeared.

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 The owner's servants came to him and said,

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 Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field?

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 Where then did the weeds come from?

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 An enemy did this, he replied.

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 The servants asked him,

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 Well, do you want us to go and pull them up?

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 No, he answered.

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 Because while you are pulling the weeds,

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 you may uproot the wheat with them.

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 Let both grow together until the harvest.

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 At that time, I will tell the harvesters,

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 First, collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned.

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 Then, gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.

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 I want you to put yourself there,

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 as Jesus tells this parable.

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 There you are in the crowd listening in,

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 and Jesus opens his mouth and says those first few words,

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 The kingdom of heaven is like...

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 And already he's got our attention.

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 He's about to say something about the kingdom of God.

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 As we talked about last week,

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 kingdom of heaven is really just a figure of speech

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 that essentially means the kingdom of God.

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 Matthew is the only one who uses or records Jesus

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 as saying that expression.

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 The other two gospel writers,

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 they kind of translated the kingdom of God.

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 It's not so much a reference as to

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 where the rule and reign and kingdom of God is,

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 like the heavenly realm,

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 but as to whose kingdom it is.

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 It's the kingdom of heaven, of the God of heaven.

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 Jesus says,

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 The kingdom of heaven is like...

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 And then he tells this story.

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 He gives this parable.

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 And it's quite an intriguing story.

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 You can imagine sitting there listening.

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 Oh, who would do such a thing?

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 Charles, you're a landowner.

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 How would you feel if you found out this morning

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 that while you were sleeping last night,

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 some guy was dragging his cedar through your field,

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 seeding weeds?

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 It explains a lot.

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 Like the audacity in my land.

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 Who would do such a thing?

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 For the rest of us,

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 maybe you have a garden bed

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 or a flower bed.

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 How would you feel

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 if you found out that last night

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 while you were sleeping,

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 some guy came along with a pound

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 of Canada thistle seeds

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 and spread it all throughout your flower beds

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 and your garden bed

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 and mixed it in real good.

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 Like the audacity.

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 Who would do such a thing?

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 Someone who hates you.

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 An enemy.

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 But what makes this even worse

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 is that

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 there's a specific kind of weed

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 that Jesus is referring to here.

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 And we don't really see this

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 in our English translations.

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 Most of them just say weeds.

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 But actually,

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 the word that he uses is zizanium.

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 Or in modern day lingo,

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 I don't know if we have it here in Canada or not,

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 but darnel.

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 In some regions,

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 it's actually called false wheat.

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 And apparently,

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 this plant

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 is so similar to wheat

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 that you actually can't tell the difference

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 until the heads begin to form.

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 And the darnel

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 is worthless.

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 Oftentimes, it's poisonous.

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 It plays host to this fungus

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 which just

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 wreaks havoc.

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 And

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 you kind of

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 see

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 the

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 intrigue

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 in this story.

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 What's happened here?

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 This is not just some farmer

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 wakes up a few days

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 after he seeded his field

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 and,

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 oh,

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 there's some little broadleaf weeds

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 kind of in my field.

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 No,

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 look at

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 what he says

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 in verse

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 26.

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 When the wheat sprouted

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 and formed heads,

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 this is already months

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 after the seed's gone

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 in the ground.

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 The crop is growing

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 and only once

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 the heads start to form

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 do they look out

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 and realize,

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 oh boy,

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 the field is full

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 of zazanium,

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 of darnel.

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 where did all this

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 come from?

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 The servants are baffled.

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 They go to

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 the owner.

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 Didn't you

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 sow good seed

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 in your field?

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 Did somebody

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 sell you a bad

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 batch of seed?

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 Where'd you get

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 that stuff from anyway?

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 No.

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 I know,

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 I sowed good seed

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 in my field.

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 Well,

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 where did they

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 come from then?

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 Well,

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 it leaves only

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 one explanation.

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 An enemy

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 did this.

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 Says the landowner.

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 Well,

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 what should we do

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 about it?

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 What do you want us

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 to do?

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 Do you want us

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 to go pull

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 them all out?

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 No.

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 Because by now

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 the roots

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 of the darnel

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 and the wheat

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 are all intertwined

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 in the ground

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 and if you pull

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 out the darnel

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 you might uproot

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 some of the wheat.

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 And I don't want

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 to lose any

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 of the wheat.

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 Let them both

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 grow together

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 until the harvest

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 time.

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 And at harvest

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 time I'll tell

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 the harvesters

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 to first pull

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 the weeds,

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 deal with them

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 and then bring

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 in the grain.

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 It's an intriguing

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 story and here

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 you are sitting

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 listening to Jesus

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 tell this story

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 and I imagine

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 that the people

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 are wondering

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 where is he

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 going with this?

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 What is this

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 story about?

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 What does it

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 mean?

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 you've got

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 this enemy

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 why would he

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 do such a

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 thing?

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 Is he trying

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 to get back

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 at this

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 farmer,

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 this landowner

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 for something?

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 Why did he

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 do that?

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 And as

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 Jesus tells

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 the story

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 we're probably

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 all wondering

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 is he going

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 to find out

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 who did it?

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 Is he going

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 to get justice?

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 Is he going

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 to get revenge?

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 Is this a

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 story about

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 forgiveness?

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 About loving

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 our enemy?

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 What's your

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 point Jesus?

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 Where are you

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 going with this?

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 And the

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 disciples,

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 they too

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 didn't get it.

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 They came

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 to Jesus

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 later after

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 he had

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 finished teaching

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 some of the

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 parables in

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 verse 36.

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 It says then

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 he left the

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 crowd and

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 went into

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 the house.

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 His

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 disciples

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 came to

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 him and

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 said,

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 explain to

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 us the

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 parable of

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 the weeds

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 in the

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 field.

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 We don't

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 get it.

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 You said

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 at the

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 beginning

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 the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 is like

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 and then

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 you told

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 this story.

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 Well,

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 how is it

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 like that?

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 We don't

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 get it.

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 And so

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 Jesus

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 explains.

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 He makes

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 clear what

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 this little

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 story,

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 this parable

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 means.

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 Verse 37,

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 he answered,

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 the one

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 who sowed

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 the good

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 seed is

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 the son

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 of man.

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 The field

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 is the

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 world and

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 the good

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 seed stands

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 for the

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 people of

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 the kingdom.

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 The weeds

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 are the

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 people of

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 the evil

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 one and

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 the enemy

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 who sows

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 them is

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 the devil.

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 the harvest

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 is the

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 end of

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 the age

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 and the

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 harvesters

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 are angels.

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 Jesus

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 breaks his

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 explanation

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 up into

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 two parts.

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 In this

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 first part

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 he just

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 kind of

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 explains

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 the various

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 elements

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 of the

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 parable

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 and what

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 they correspond

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 to,

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 who they

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 refer to.

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 Let's go

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 through it

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 a little bit.

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 The one

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 who sowed

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 the good

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 seed

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 is the

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 son of

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 man.

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 That was

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 one of

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 Jesus'

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 favorite

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 ways

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 to refer

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 to himself.

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 It's kind

00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:00.799
 of a curious

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 title,

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 the son

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 of man.

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 We know

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 that Jesus

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 was referring

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 to himself

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 because some

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 places it's

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 just so

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 obvious.

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 Probably the

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 one we're

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 most familiar

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 with is

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 Judas when

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 he comes

00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:12.899
 to betray

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 Jesus.

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 Judas,

00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:15.779
 are you

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 betraying

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 the son

00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:17.120
 of man

00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:17.460
 with a

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 kiss?

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 Jesus

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 meant

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 himself

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 when he

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 said the

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 son of

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 man.

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 But,

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 in many

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 cases,

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 like parables,

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 it was a

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 title that

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 people weren't

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 really sure

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 what he

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 meant by

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 that all

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 the time.

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 I'm sure

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 the Pharisees

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 and religious

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 leaders were

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 kind of

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 wondering,

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 is he

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 making a

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 claim to

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 be the

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 Messiah?

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 The son

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 of man

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 was used

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 in Psalm

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 8,

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 a son

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 of man,

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 just generally

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 to refer

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 to a

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 human

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 being,

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 emphasizing the

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 humanity

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 of somebody

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 compared to,

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 say,

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 the angels

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 or to

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 God.

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 Son of

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 man was

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 also what

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 God called

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 Ezekiel,

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 and he

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 was a

00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:02.979
 prophet.

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 So is

00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:04.039
 Jesus

00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:04.799
 claiming to

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 be a

00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.399
 prophet?

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 What do you

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 mean by

00:11:07.699 --> 00:11:09.079
 that title,

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 by calling

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 yourself the

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 son of

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 man?

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 And then,

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 of course,

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 Daniel,

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 in his

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 vision,

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 says that

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 he saw

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 one like

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 a son

00:11:16.059 --> 00:11:16.439
 of man

00:11:16.439 --> 00:11:17.000
 coming on

00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:17.479
 the clouds

00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:18.000
 of heaven,

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 one who

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 went before

00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:20.779
 the presence

00:11:20.779 --> 00:11:21.259
 of the

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 ancient of

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 days,

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 and glory

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 and authority

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 and sovereign

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 power was

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 given him

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 so that he

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 could rule

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 and reign

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 over a

00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:30.820
 never-ending

00:11:30.820 --> 00:11:31.360
 kingdom.

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 Clearly a

00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:34.259
 reference to

00:11:34.259 --> 00:11:35.360
 the Messiah.

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 And so

00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:38.779
 what did

00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:40.019
 Jesus mean

00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:40.840
 by that?

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 Difficult to

00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:43.519
 pin down

00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.240
 if they

00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:44.659
 wanted to

00:11:44.659 --> 00:11:45.320
 accuse him

00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:45.820
 of claiming

00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.420
 to be

00:11:46.420 --> 00:11:47.560
 the Messiah.

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 But Jesus,

00:11:50.760 --> 00:11:51.020
 as he

00:11:51.020 --> 00:11:51.640
 explains to

00:11:51.640 --> 00:11:52.280
 his disciples,

00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.040
 he's clearly

00:11:53.040 --> 00:11:54.720
 talking about

00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:56.120
 the Messiah

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 in that sense.

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 Look at

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 verse 41.

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 He says,

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 the son of

00:11:59.160 --> 00:11:59.620
 man will

00:11:59.620 --> 00:12:00.400
 send out

00:12:00.400 --> 00:12:01.320
 his angels.

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 This is

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 the son of

00:12:04.300 --> 00:12:04.800
 man who

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 has authority

00:12:05.760 --> 00:12:07.320
 and charge

00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:08.720
 over his

00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:09.420
 angels.

00:12:09.880 --> 00:12:10.700
 They're his

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 servants.

00:12:12.520 --> 00:12:13.120
 He will

00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:13.460
 send out

00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:13.940
 his angels

00:12:13.940 --> 00:12:14.280
 and they

00:12:14.280 --> 00:12:14.780
 will weed

00:12:14.780 --> 00:12:15.220
 out of

00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:15.640
 his

00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.080
 kingdom.

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 This is

00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.000
 the son

00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:19.460
 of man,

00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:20.259
 the king,

00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:21.399
 the Messiah.

00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.019
 That's

00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:24.519
 who Jesus

00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:25.960
 is talking

00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:26.480
 about here

00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:26.759
 when he

00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:27.179
 says son

00:12:27.179 --> 00:12:27.600
 of man.

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 That's

00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:28.439
 what the

00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:29.519
 one who

00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.039
 sowed

00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:30.620
 represents.

00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:31.080
 The one

00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:31.720
 who sowed

00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:32.059
 the good

00:12:32.059 --> 00:12:32.659
 seed is

00:12:32.659 --> 00:12:33.019
 the son

00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:33.460
 of man.

00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:34.699
 The field

00:12:34.699 --> 00:12:35.080
 is the

00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:35.500
 world.

00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.319
 This is

00:12:37.319 --> 00:12:37.559
 one of

00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:38.419
 those elements

00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:39.299
 that often

00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:40.240
 has been

00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:41.139
 misinterpreted.

00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.019
 People are

00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:42.399
 quick to

00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:42.600
 say,

00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:42.759
 well,

00:12:42.819 --> 00:12:43.200
 the field

00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:43.539
 is the

00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:43.960
 church.

00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:45.720
 The field

00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:46.200
 is the

00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:46.680
 nation of

00:12:46.680 --> 00:12:47.060
 Israel.

00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:48.120
 But this

00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:48.620
 is not a

00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.220
 story about

00:12:49.220 --> 00:12:50.720
 people in

00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:51.240
 the world

00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:52.320
 infiltrating the

00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:53.259
 church and

00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:53.920
 kind of living

00:12:53.920 --> 00:12:54.740
 among the

00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:56.019
 church almost

00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:57.100
 as imposters.

00:12:57.560 --> 00:12:58.180
 Jesus says

00:12:58.180 --> 00:12:58.700
 very clearly,

00:12:58.820 --> 00:12:59.220
 the field

00:12:59.220 --> 00:12:59.600
 is the

00:12:59.600 --> 00:12:59.960
 world.

00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:01.639
 As we're

00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:02.040
 about to

00:13:02.040 --> 00:13:02.259
 see,

00:13:02.400 --> 00:13:03.519
 this is a

00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.379
 parable about

00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:05.160
 the sons of

00:13:05.160 --> 00:13:05.620
 the kingdom

00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:06.639
 and the

00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.300
 sons of

00:13:07.300 --> 00:13:07.840
 the evil

00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.340
 one living

00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:09.960
 and growing

00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:11.460
 together in

00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:12.019
 the world.

00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:15.540
 Jesus goes

00:13:15.540 --> 00:13:16.220
 on to say

00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:17.000
 that the

00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.740
 good seed

00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.920
 stands for

00:13:18.920 --> 00:13:19.460
 the people

00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:20.240
 of the

00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.540
 kingdom,

00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:21.379
 literally the

00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:22.040
 sons of

00:13:22.040 --> 00:13:22.460
 the kingdom.

00:13:22.780 --> 00:13:23.240
 And here

00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:23.580
 again,

00:13:24.060 --> 00:13:25.320
 we've just

00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:26.160
 heard the

00:13:26.160 --> 00:13:26.920
 parable last

00:13:26.920 --> 00:13:27.300
 week of

00:13:27.300 --> 00:13:27.720
 the sower,

00:13:28.280 --> 00:13:28.800
 and there

00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:29.280
 the seed

00:13:29.280 --> 00:13:30.180
 represents the

00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:30.500
 word of

00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:30.879
 God.

00:13:32.740 --> 00:13:33.519
 But Jesus

00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:34.019
 is not

00:13:34.019 --> 00:13:35.480
 making the

00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:36.019
 same point.

00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.639
 He's using

00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:37.280
 the farming

00:13:37.280 --> 00:13:38.160
 analogy again,

00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:39.699
 yes, but

00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:40.159
 the seed

00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.579
 does not

00:13:40.579 --> 00:13:41.299
 represent the

00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:41.620
 word of

00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:42.059
 God in

00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:42.620
 this parable.

00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:43.219
 He's making

00:13:43.219 --> 00:13:43.679
 a different

00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.139
 point.

00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:45.539
 He says

00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.199
 the seed,

00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:47.100
 the good

00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:47.500
 seed,

00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:48.500
 represents

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.860
 the sons

00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.799
 of the

00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.139
 kingdom.

00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.259
 The son

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.679
 of man

00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:54.059
 is going

00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.799
 to, he

00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:55.879
 comes into

00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.579
 the world,

00:13:56.899 --> 00:13:57.579
 into his

00:13:57.579 --> 00:13:58.000
 field,

00:13:58.439 --> 00:14:00.120
 and as a

00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:00.659
 result of

00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.419
 his labor,

00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:04.579
 there will

00:14:04.579 --> 00:14:05.879
 be sons

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.579
 of the

00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:06.919
 kingdom.

00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:09.399
 people,

00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.159
 children of

00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.740
 the kingdom.

00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:18.199
 The weeds

00:14:18.199 --> 00:14:20.399
 are the

00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:20.860
 people of

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.259
 the evil

00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.579
 one,

00:14:22.439 --> 00:14:25.120
 and the

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:25.899
 enemy who

00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:26.459
 sows them

00:14:26.459 --> 00:14:27.379
 is the

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.639
 devil.

00:14:30.579 --> 00:14:31.240
 At this

00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:31.519
 point,

00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.159
 some of us

00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.740
 might feel a

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:32.919
 little

00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.879
 uncomfortable.

00:14:35.459 --> 00:14:35.959
 Jesus is

00:14:35.959 --> 00:14:36.500
 pretty black

00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:36.840
 and white

00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.100
 here.

00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.100
 There really

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.600
 only seems

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.580
 to be two

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.100
 options,

00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:40.940
 sons of

00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:41.320
 the kingdom

00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.679
 and sons

00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:42.940
 of the

00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:43.419
 evil one,

00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.019
 sons of

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.419
 the devil.

00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.379
 That thought

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.860
 makes some

00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.240
 of us

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.000
 uncomfortable.

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:56.899
 And it's

00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.360
 not the only

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:57.820
 time that

00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.519
 Jesus talks

00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:59.299
 like this.

00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:00.279
 I mean,

00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:00.899
 is that what

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.320
 we're meant

00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:02.399
 to see here,

00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:03.399
 that the

00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:03.980
 world really

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.820
 only is made

00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:05.379
 up of two

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 different kinds

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 of people,

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 sons of

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 the kingdom

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.820
 and sons

00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:09.100
 of the

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 evil one.

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 Well,

00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.039
 Jesus,

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 on another

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 occasion,

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 he had a

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 conversation

00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:14.480
 about where

00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.019
 he talked

00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.799
 about this

00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.939
 with some

00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:18.460
 Jewish people

00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.139
 who at first

00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.600
 seemed to

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 believe what

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 he was

00:15:20.439 --> 00:15:20.820
 saying,

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 John chapter

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 eight.

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 And it

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:27.939
 came up in

00:15:27.939 --> 00:15:28.740
 the conversation

00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:29.620
 about,

00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:30.500
 they said,

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 well,

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.659
 we're descended

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 from Abraham.

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 Abraham.

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 We've got

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 credentials.

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 And Jesus

00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:37.019
 challenges that.

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 He says,

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 if you were

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.139
 Abraham's

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 children,

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 then you

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 would do

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 what Abraham

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 did.

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 You are

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 doing the

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 works of

00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.620
 your own

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.000
 father,

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 he said

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 to them.

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 And they

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 were offended.

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 It says,

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 they protested.

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 We are not

00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:53.540
 illegitimate

00:15:53.540 --> 00:15:54.000
 children.

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 The only

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 father we

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 have is

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 God himself.

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 Jesus said

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 to them,

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 if God

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 were your

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 father,

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 you would

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 love me,

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 for I

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 have come

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 here from

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 God.

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 You

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 belong to

00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.419
 your father,

00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.659
 the devil,

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 and you

00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.300
 want to

00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:14.919
 carry out

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.600
 your father's

00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:16.019
 desires.

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.659
 He was a

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.320
 murderer from

00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.879
 the beginning,

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 not holding

00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:19.340
 to the truth.

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 So we

00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.419
 see in

00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.300
 this case,

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.220
 Jesus

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:25.320
 making this

00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:25.899
 distinction.

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 Children

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:29.060
 of the

00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:29.399
 devil,

00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:31.519
 children

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.139
 of God.

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 But,

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 not

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 everybody

00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:36.679
 who's

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:38.360
 a son

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 or a

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 daughter

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 or a

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 child

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.220
 of the

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 devil

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 thinks

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 they are.

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 They're not

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 people who

00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.259
 would say,

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 well,

00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.159
 I'm a

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.759
 Satanist,

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:47.840
 or I

00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:48.220
 worship

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.720
 the devil.

00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.199
 It's kind

00:16:51.199 --> 00:16:51.579
 of something

00:16:51.579 --> 00:16:51.980
 that they

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.860
 seem to

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.439
 fall to

00:16:53.439 --> 00:16:54.179
 by default

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.779
 because they're

00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.360
 not children

00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:55.799
 of God.

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 They're on

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 the side

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.800
 of the

00:16:57.800 --> 00:16:58.060
 devil.

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.519
 There's

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.000
 only two

00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.460
 families

00:16:59.460 --> 00:16:59.779
 here.

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 The

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.259
 family of

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.580
 God

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.840
 and the

00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.240
 family

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.059
 of the

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.360
 devil.

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.099
 Two

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.940
 factions.

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 The

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:06.860
 kingdom

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.099
 of

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.440
 God,

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:07.920
 the

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.140
 kingdom

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:08.380
 of

00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:08.539
 the

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.819
 devil.

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.000
 Jesus

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.480
 kind of

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.779
 frames it

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.319
 that way.

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.579
 And

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.940
 the people

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.500
 who are in

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:16.960
 the camp

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.240
 of the

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.519
 devil,

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 they don't

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.079
 think they

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.339
 are.

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.180
 In fact,

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.079
 they probably

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.500
 would have been

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.279
 offended and

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.920
 disgusted

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.900
 even at the

00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:25.200
 thought,

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.539
 at the

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.339
 suggestion that

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:28.039
 you belong

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.500
 to your

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.879
 father,

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.399
 the devil.

00:17:31.459 --> 00:17:32.099
 And yet,

00:17:32.179 --> 00:17:33.379
 that's what

00:17:33.379 --> 00:17:34.139
 Jesus says.

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.319
 The devil,

00:17:38.179 --> 00:17:39.599
 he was a

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:39.919
 murderer.

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.379
 And you

00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:42.139
 guys here

00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:42.639
 listening to

00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:43.059
 me in this

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.720
 conversation

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:45.119
 that Jesus

00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:45.679
 is having,

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:46.779
 you want to

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.179
 kill me.

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.819
 You want to

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.279
 murder me.

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.799
 He had a

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.279
 problem with

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.679
 the truth.

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.079
 He didn't

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.619
 hold to the

00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:51.879
 truth.

00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:52.220
 And you

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.779
 guys have a

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.339
 problem with

00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.799
 the truth

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.179
 that I'm

00:17:54.179 --> 00:17:54.659
 saying to

00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:55.079
 you right

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.579
 now.

00:17:56.339 --> 00:18:02.119
 there are

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.519
 only two

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.019
 families.

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.679
 There are

00:18:04.679 --> 00:18:05.119
 only two

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.559
 kingdoms.

00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.740
 The sons

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.039
 of the

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.099
 kingdom and

00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:09.659
 the sons

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.619
 of the

00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.139
 evil one.

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.959
 That's the

00:18:11.959 --> 00:18:12.980
 way Jesus

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.659
 paints it.

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.159
 And while

00:18:15.159 --> 00:18:15.599
 we're on the

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:16.099
 subject of

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.639
 this, I

00:18:16.639 --> 00:18:17.139
 heard someone

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:17.659
 this week

00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:18.139
 say to

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.399
 me,

00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:21.299
 they had

00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:21.959
 heard somebody,

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:22.959
 some people

00:18:22.959 --> 00:18:23.519
 had done some

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.220
 terrible things

00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:24.519
 and they

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:24.679
 said,

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:25.720
 those people

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.320
 are children

00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:26.720
 of the

00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.000
 devil.

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:30.779
 The thing

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.060
 that they

00:18:31.060 --> 00:18:31.920
 did was so

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.480
 wicked.

00:18:32.860 --> 00:18:33.519
 How could

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:33.799
 you do

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.480
 that unless

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.120
 you're a

00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:35.660
 child of

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.039
 the devil?

00:18:37.560 --> 00:18:38.180
 Just a

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.700
 couple things

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.039
 I want to

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.440
 say about

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.660
 that.

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.299
 First is,

00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.299
 the devil

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.920
 doesn't make

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.320
 us do

00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:42.820
 anything.

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:45.039
 What does

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:47.240
 James say

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.539
 in his

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.560
 little letter?

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:52.279
 he says

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.759
 that each

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.240
 one

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:57.879
 is tempted

00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:58.899
 when they

00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.419
 are dragged

00:18:59.419 --> 00:19:00.019
 away by

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.779
 their own

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.980
 evil desire

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.440
 and enticed.

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.679
 Then after

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:05.379
 desire has

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:05.819
 conceived,

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.220
 it gives

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.119
 birth to

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.440
 sin.

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.859
 It's our

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.679
 own evil

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.359
 desires,

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:13.099
 more often

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:13.639
 than not,

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.919
 that lead us

00:19:14.919 --> 00:19:15.440
 to sin,

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.899
 the reason

00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.200
 that we

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.379
 sin.

00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:16.660
 And even

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:16.980
 when the

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.520
 devil is

00:19:17.520 --> 00:19:18.140
 tempting

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.600
 or his

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:19.280
 minions are

00:19:19.280 --> 00:19:20.040
 tempting us,

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.620
 it's our

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:22.640
 choice to

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.800
 listen and

00:19:23.800 --> 00:19:24.320
 to do it.

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:24.760
 And we're

00:19:24.760 --> 00:19:26.040
 responsible for

00:19:26.040 --> 00:19:26.280
 that.

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:26.680
 The devil

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.340
 doesn't make

00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:27.760
 us do

00:19:27.760 --> 00:19:28.340
 anything.

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.600
 He's not

00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:30.000
 the reason

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.480
 why some

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.960
 people seem

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:33.440
 more wicked

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.280
 than others

00:19:34.280 --> 00:19:34.920
 or why some

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:35.380
 people do

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.560
 terrible things.

00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:38.780
 We're quite

00:19:38.780 --> 00:19:39.480
 capable of

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.980
 that on our

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.240
 own.

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:41.780
 That's what

00:19:41.780 --> 00:19:42.420
 James says.

00:19:44.020 --> 00:19:44.560
 So I think

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:45.140
 as Christians

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:46.080
 we should not

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:47.379
 when we hear

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.939
 of a terrible

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.279
 thing,

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:49.359
 we shouldn't

00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:50.199
 be quick to

00:19:50.199 --> 00:19:50.359
 say,

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:50.619
 well,

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.000
 they're

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.639
 children of

00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.039
 the devil.

00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:53.480
 That's where

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:53.839
 we all

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.199
 start.

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.159
 We all

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.519
 have the

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.059
 same sin

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.480
 problem

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:57.899
 inherited

00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.539
 from Adam.

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.579
 We all

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.000
 start as

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.559
 children of

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:00.919
 the devil.

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.980
 The second

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.519
 thing I want

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.119
 to say is

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:06.779
 more often

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.220
 than not

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.859
 when people

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.859
 speak of

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.379
 others as

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:10.079
 being children

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.720
 of the devil,

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:11.740
 it's with a

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.559
 tone or an

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.839
 attitude of

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:15.039
 self-righteousness.

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.159
 those children

00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.839
 of the devil.

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.699
 I'm not

00:20:21.699 --> 00:20:22.019
 one,

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:24.159
 but you

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.399
 guys,

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:24.919
 you're

00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:25.460
 especially

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.899
 wicked.

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.539
 Or kind

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:27.919
 of a

00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.839
 vindictiveness,

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.240
 you know,

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.319
 maybe sometimes

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.939
 even name

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 calling.

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 You're a

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 child of

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.480
 the devil,

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 you know.

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.699
 You want

00:20:37.699 --> 00:20:38.000
 to know what

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.639
 people hear

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.740
 when we say

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.220
 that to them,

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:40.779
 especially if

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.439
 they have no

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:42.659
 religious background

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.299
 and haven't

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.699
 been in the

00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:43.939
 church?

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.779
 this is what

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.220
 they hear

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:46.080
 when we say

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:46.660
 things like

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.019
 that to

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.240
 them.

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.460
 You're

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.220
 despicable.

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.059
 You're

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.059
 disgustingly

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.420
 evil.

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.600
 You're as

00:20:55.600 --> 00:20:56.160
 evil as

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.580
 the devil

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.160
 himself.

00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.519
 Is that

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.340
 what we

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.740
 mean to

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.220
 communicate?

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.840
 If we

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.259
 take up

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.759
 the language

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.799
 of children

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.660
 of the

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:05.980
 devil,

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.500
 it better

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.240
 be because

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.259
 like Jesus,

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:09.680
 we are

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.360
 having an

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:12.080
 honest and

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.559
 thoughtful

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.379
 conversation

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:13.980
 about the

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.379
 spiritual

00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:15.159
 reality of

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:15.679
 our world.

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.200
 So the

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:21.539
 weeds in

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.859
 Jesus'

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.419
 parable,

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.339
 he says,

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.960
 represent the

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.579
 sons of the

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.159
 evil one,

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.940
 the devil.

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.879
 The harvest

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.519
 is the end

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.119
 of the age

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.720
 and the

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.440
 harvesters

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.859
 are angels.

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.200
 So Jesus

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.659
 has made

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.919
 his correlations

00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.619
 to reality

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.079
 from the

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.500
 story and

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.859
 now he's

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.079
 going to

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.659
 draw out

00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:40.000
 of that

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.460
 and give

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.779
 us the

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:42.079
 point and

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.460
 tell us

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.839
 what this

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.419
 little story

00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:43.899
 is about.

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.599
 And so he

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.859
 does,

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.319
 starting in

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.819
 verse 40,

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.299
 he says,

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.299
 as the

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.960
 weeds are

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.779
 pulled up

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:51.359
 and burned

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.720
 in the

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.059
 fire,

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.659
 so it

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:54.099
 will be

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.839
 at the

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.159
 end of

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.639
 the age.

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.759
 The

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.139
 Son of

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.579
 Man will

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.379
 send out

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:59.059
 his angels

00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:00.359
 and they

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.039
 will weed

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.579
 out of

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.199
 his kingdom

00:22:02.199 --> 00:22:03.059
 everything

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.759
 that causes

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:05.000
 sin and

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.559
 all who

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.220
 do evil.

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.699
 They will

00:22:07.699 --> 00:22:08.379
 throw them

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.439
 into the

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:09.879
 blazing

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.399
 furnace

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.759
 where there

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.080
 will be

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.540
 weeping

00:22:12.540 --> 00:22:13.340
 and gnashing

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:14.100
 of teeth.

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:16.720
 Then the

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.080
 righteous

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:18.240
 will shine

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.840
 like the

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.360
 sun in

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.800
 the kingdom

00:22:19.800 --> 00:22:20.720
 of their

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.120
 father.

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.540
 Whoever

00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:23.400
 has ears,

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:24.980
 let him

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.240
 hear.

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.840
 This is

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.140
 Jesus'

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.680
 own

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.259
 explanation

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.019
 of his

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.460
 story and

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.720
 what it

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.060
 means.

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.220
 And I

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.620
 think one

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:33.820
 of the

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:34.259
 first things

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.700
 to notice

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.100
 is what

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.660
 he doesn't

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.120
 explain.

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.480
 I mean,

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.640
 the initial

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.259
 parable that

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.680
 we heard,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.099
 it talked

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.660
 about how

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.279
 if we

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.940
 deal with

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.319
 the weeds

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.700
 early,

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.619
 then the

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:44.980
 wheat will

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.980
 be uprooted

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.559
 or be hurt.

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.359
 Jesus doesn't

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.839
 say anything

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.400
 about that

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.640
 in the

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.160
 explanation.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.059
 We notice

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.579
 that a lot

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.019
 of these

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.140
 elements of

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.940
 the story

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:55.039
 have something

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.960
 they represent.

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.119
 Jesus kind

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.680
 of lists

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.019
 them all

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.400
 out for

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.579
 us,

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.200
 but who

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.440
 are the

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.720
 servants?

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.039
 Are they

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.619
 the disciples?

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.980
 Are they

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.500
 the angels?

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.240
 What about

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.799
 the gathering

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.259
 into the

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.519
 barn?

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.359
 Jesus

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.839
 doesn't say

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.339
 anything about

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:08.500
 that.

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.759
 He just

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.119
 says the

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.400
 righteous

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.039
 will shine

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.359
 in the

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.640
 kingdom.

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.180
 Is it

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.859
 implied that

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.099
 they were

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.400
 gathered?

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.380
 We don't

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.660
 know.

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.539
 And the

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.960
 reason why

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.259
 I bring

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.700
 these things

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.099
 up is

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:20.559
 because we

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.859
 need to

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.500
 follow Jesus'

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.420
 lead on

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.920
 what his

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.900
 own story

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.559
 means.

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.240
 It's easy

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.759
 for us to

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.720
 look at the

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.500
 various things

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.880
 that he

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.180
 kind of says

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.759
 mean this,

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.240
 this means

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.500
 this,

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.960
 this means

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.359
 this,

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.099
 and then to

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.579
 want to jump

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.079
 in there and

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.559
 start saying,

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:34.839
 yeah,

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.400
 and these are

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.779
 the things

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.079
 that he

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.079
 didn't explain

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.619
 mean this,

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:37.980
 and this,

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.319
 and this,

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.740
 and this.

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.000
 But just

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.460
 like when

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.319
 any of us

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.079
 gives an

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.500
 analogy,

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.460
 if you

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.519
 press every

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.599
 single detail,

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.900
 eventually the

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.579
 analogy breaks

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:48.940
 down.

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.460
 We're kind

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.240
 of in the

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.700
 realm of

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.160
 speculation

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:53.099
 when we

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.559
 do that.

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.460
 So I think

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:54.980
 it's important

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.440
 that we

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.319
 listen to

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.940
 Jesus and

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.339
 acknowledge

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.799
 what's here.

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.640
 What's his

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.240
 explanation

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.420
 for this?

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.440
 What's his

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.099
 main point?

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:04.579
 And almost

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.179
 all of it

00:24:05.179 --> 00:24:05.779
 has to do

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.139
 with the

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.439
 weeds.

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.500
 Most of

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.679
 it.

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:09.819
 All the

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.219
 detail,

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.639
 all the

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.019
 emphasis

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.619
 seems to

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.919
 be on

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.399
 the weeds.

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.559
 And so

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.199
 what does

00:24:15.199 --> 00:24:16.319
 Jesus say

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.819
 it means?

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.599
 What's his

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.000
 explanation?

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.579
 The first

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.559
 thing that we

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.079
 notice is

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.419
 this.

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.139
 The end

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.659
 of the age

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.119
 is coming.

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.259
 Just like

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.879
 the harvest

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:28.079
 is coming

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.759
 for the

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.059
 farmer,

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.799
 the end

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.039
 of the

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.379
 age is

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:31.679
 coming.

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.339
 There will

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.579
 be a

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.960
 time and

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.259
 it's

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.639
 time.

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.359
 It's

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.740
 happening.

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.980
 And what

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.759
 will happen

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.859
 at the

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.139
 end of

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.599
 the age?

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.099
 So will

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.519
 it be at

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.740
 the end

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:44.960
 of the

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.179
 age.

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.519
 What?

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.299
 The weeds

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.359
 will be

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:47.899
 pulled up

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.740
 and burned

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.059
 in the

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.339
 fire.

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.419
 The

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.779
 Son of

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.740
 Man will

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.539
 send out

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.299
 his angels

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.559
 and they

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.259
 will weed

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.859
 out of

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.519
 his kingdom

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.879
 everything

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.599
 that causes

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:02.039
 sin and

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.400
 all who

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.980
 do evil.

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.099
 Jesus

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.799
 gives

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.559
 two

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:10.019
 kind of

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.500
 references

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.700
 to the

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.359
 sons of

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.859
 the evil

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.119
 one.

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.319
 He

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.720
 describes

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:13.960
 them in

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.099
 two

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.420
 different

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.879
 ways.

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.259
 As

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.920
 stumbling

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.460
 stones,

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.079
 those who

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.940
 cause

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.779
 others to

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.139
 sin,

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.819
 and as

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.839
 those who

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.440
 do evil,

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.940
 literally

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.059
 those who

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.779
 practice

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.819
 lawlessness.

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.119
 Jesus has

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.339
 already said

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.899
 a word about

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.319
 those who

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.700
 practice

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.200
 lawlessness.

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.579
 If you

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.220
 remember back

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.519
 to the

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.940
 Sermon on

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.319
 the Mount,

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:39.660
 did we

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.039
 not do

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.579
 this and

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.019
 this and

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.500
 that and

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.859
 this and

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.180
 this in

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.599
 your name?

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.480
 And I

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.879
 will tell

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.220
 them,

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.859
 depart from

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.119
 me,

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.680
 you who

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.379
 practice

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.160
 lawlessness.

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.779
 I never

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.279
 knew you.

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:53.480
 let's

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.940
 not miss

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:56.339
 the truth

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.460
 that the

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.119
 weeds are

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.639
 not just

00:25:58.639 --> 00:26:00.180
 flowers that

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.019
 are innocent,

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.539
 that just

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.279
 happen to be

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.839
 planted in

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.240
 the wrong

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.799
 place at

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.139
 the wrong

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.559
 time.

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.799
 No.

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.899
 They are

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.399
 generally

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.440
 those who

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.359
 cause others

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.099
 to sin

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.019
 against God,

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.339
 who incite

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.000
 rebellion

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.980
 against God,

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.940
 and those

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.660
 who themselves

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:20.000
 practice lawlessness,

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.839
 who live

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.980
 without regard

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.960
 for God

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.500
 and what

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.059
 he has

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.799
 commanded

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.779
 and said.

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:28.380
 They ignore

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.880
 it as a

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.480
 practice,

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.440
 as a habit,

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.920
 as a way

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.460
 of life.

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.420
 They have

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.000
 been people

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.079
 who lived

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.339
 in rebellion

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.299
 against him.

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.859
 Those are

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.359
 the weeds.

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.519
 And Jesus

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.900
 says,

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.640
 at the end

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.380
 of the age,

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.779
 they,

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.940
 the sons

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.660
 of the evil

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.000
 one,

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.559
 will be

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.940
 gathered,

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.440
 they will

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.240
 be weeded

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.200
 out of

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.799
 his kingdom.

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.460
 They have

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.100
 no place

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.580
 in his

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:54.920
 kingdom.

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.519
 They will

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.660
 be gathered

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:59.440
 and thrown

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.480
 into the

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.000
 furnace of

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.299
 fire,

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.420
 the blazing

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.019
 furnace,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.720
 where there

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.059
 will be

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.640
 weeping

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:07.620
 and gnashing

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.220
 of teeth.

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.920
 Jesus is

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.559
 talking about

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.840
 hell.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.160
 And it's

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.820
 not the

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.400
 first time,

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.720
 it's not

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.100
 the only

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.440
 time.

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.980
 He talks

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.440
 about hell

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.840
 in many

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.420
 places.

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.240
 And the

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.620
 words that

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.220
 he uses

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.400
 are awful.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.240
 The images

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.700
 that come

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.200
 to mind,

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:28.039
 people being

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.840
 thrown into

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.559
 a furnace,

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.980
 being burned

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.580
 alive,

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.360
 a place

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:37.160
 of weeping,

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.640
 gnashing of

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:39.940
 teeth,

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.500
 a place of

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.200
 anguish

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.360
 and torment.

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.479
 torment.

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.339
 This is

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.899
 what Jesus

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:48.219
 says will

00:27:48.219 --> 00:27:49.159
 be the

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:51.279
 fate of

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.759
 those who

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.339
 are not

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.959
 sons of

00:27:53.959 --> 00:27:54.459
 the kingdom.

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.119
 He will

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.699
 send out

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.359
 his angels

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.299
 and they

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.039
 will throw

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.639
 them into

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.759
 hell.

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:05.859
 hell.

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.039
 That's

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.359
 heavy.

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.539
 Some of

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.980
 our minds

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.420
 might be

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.759
 thinking,

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.319
 how could

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.759
 God do

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.119
 that?

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.160
 Oftentimes,

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:25.799
 though,

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.440
 as I've

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.200
 said before,

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.940
 we tend

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.720
 to downplay

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.460
 our sin

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.160
 and our

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.559
 rebellion

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.319
 against God.

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.939
 we minimize

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.419
 it.

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.859
 But God

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.480
 is just.

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.220
 He sees

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.939
 that the

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.359
 punishment

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.099
 fits the

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.439
 crime.

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.859
 And so,

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.399
 if that's

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:42.720
 what the

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.079
 punishment

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.519
 is,

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.059
 then what

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.399
 does that

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.919
 say about

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.480
 the crime?

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.559
 What have

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.259
 I done

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.439
 against the

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:48.799
 God of

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.099
 heaven?

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.279
 Have we

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.579
 caught and

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.339
 understood the

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.359
 seriousness of

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.099
 my offense

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.939
 against this

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.819
 glorious,

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.559
 good,

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.419
 righteous

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.200
 God?

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.579
 it's a

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.899
 terrible

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.460
 punishment

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:10.720
 for a

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.039
 terrible

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.500
 crime,

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:13.079
 for terrible

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.539
 sin.

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.639
 The

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.339
 mercy and

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.659
 the love

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.159
 of God

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.659
 is not

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.879
 seen in

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.299
 his

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.399
 willingness

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:26.639
 to break

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.240
 the rules,

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.240
 to bend

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.759
 the rules

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:30.419
 and just

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.819
 let them

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.220
 get off

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.779
 scot-free.

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:34.599
 the mercy

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.200
 and love

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.539
 of God

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.920
 is not

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.420
 seen in

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.700
 his

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.359
 willingness

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.160
 to pervert

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.859
 justice and

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.339
 just give

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.920
 them less

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.339
 than what

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.980
 they deserve.

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.500
 The mercy

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.099
 and love

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.619
 of God

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.839
 is seen

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.259
 in his

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.700
 willingness

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.680
 to let

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.559
 someone come

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.539
 and suffer

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.920
 the wrath

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.339
 that they

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.879
 deserve,

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.579
 the punishment

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.480
 they deserve

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.299
 in their

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.839
 place.

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.879
 Jesus

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:59.899
 rescues,

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.819
 saves us

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.480
 from the

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.779
 coming

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.259
 wrath,

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.079
 as we

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.599
 talked about

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.019
 earlier.

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.720
 That's what

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.439
 happened when

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:06.980
 he died

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.339
 on the

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.759
 cross,

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:11.819
 so that

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.159
 we could

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.799
 be spared

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.319
 what we

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.799
 deserve.

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.980
 Why is

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.500
 this parable

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.839
 here?

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.240
 Why did

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.599
 Jesus tell

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.319
 this parable

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.700
 of the

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.039
 weeds?

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.339
 Was it

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.679
 just to

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.139
 give us

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:27.799
 information

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.079
 about the

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.440
 spiritual

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.139
 reality of

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.599
 our world?

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.480
 Just to

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.279
 let us

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.980
 in a little

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.519
 bit behind

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.019
 the scenes,

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.480
 backstage

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.159
 pass,

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.220
 FYI?

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.460
 Or does

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.319
 Jesus expect

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.899
 some kind

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.579
 of response?

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.079
 I don't

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.639
 believe that

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.299
 Jesus just

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.740
 gave us

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.460
 this parable

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.519
 as an

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.139
 FYI.

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.779
 Here's how

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.339
 things are.

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.179
 And I

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.419
 don't

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:56.539
 believe that

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.639
 the point

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:57.939
 of the

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.679
 parable is

00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.259
 some kind

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.859
 of hopeless

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.959
 fatalism.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.199
 Well,

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.720
 you're either

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.139
 a son of

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.500
 the kingdom

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.079
 or a son

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.299
 of the

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.559
 devil,

00:31:04.959 --> 00:31:06.139
 and it's

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.519
 not really

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.859
 up to

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.500
 you which

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.819
 one you

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.099
 are,

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.619
 and this

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:09.919
 is what's

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.099
 going to

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.519
 happen to

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.740
 you at

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.099
 the end.

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.139
 I don't

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.559
 think that's

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.980
 what Jesus

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.299
 meant.

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.419
 Why did

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.419
 he speak

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.720
 this?

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.179
 Why does

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:18.159
 he say

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.939
 these things?

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.319
 That those

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.899
 who are not

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.459
 sons of the

00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:22.039
 kingdom will

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:24.299
 be thrown

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.700
 into hell,

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:28.700
 what is

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.079
 that meant

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.519
 to do

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.859
 in our

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.299
 hearts?

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.799
 To stir

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.099
 up inside

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.579
 of us?

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.740
 I believe

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.559
 Jesus gave

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.259
 this as a

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.599
 gracious

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.079
 warning.

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.659
 This is

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.319
 the fate

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.220
 of those

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.200
 who are

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.940
 not sons

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.480
 of the

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.859
 kingdom.

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.220
 A

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.619
 gracious

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.259
 warning

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.299
 which is

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.759
 meant to

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.539
 cause us

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.000
 to ask

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.660
 the question,

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.539
 am I

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.900
 of the

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.220
 wheat

00:31:58.220 --> 00:32:00.619
 or am

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:00.900
 I of

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.059
 the

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.460
 weeds?

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.539
 Whose

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.319
 camp am

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.720
 I in?

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.099
 Am I

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.359
 in the

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.819
 camp of

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.200
 God

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.240
 or the

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.660
 camp of

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.059
 the devil?

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.059
 Whose

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.519
 side am

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.920
 I on?

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.420
 Do I

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:12.339
 wholeheartedly

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:14.259
 have my

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.420
 allegiance to

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.079
 the Messiah,

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.579
 to the

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:16.920
 Son of

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.259
 Man,

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.680
 to the

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:18.980
 kingdom

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.579
 of God,

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.619
 God,

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:22.439
 or do I

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:23.240
 default to

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.619
 the other

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.019
 side?

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.639
 And along

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:32.220
 with that

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.679
 is,

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.939
 it's not

00:32:33.939 --> 00:32:34.939
 stated here,

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.539
 but the

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.379
 analogy breaks

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.439
 down if we

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:40.419
 go here,

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:42.199
 because weeds

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:43.240
 don't change

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.740
 and become

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.099
 wheat,

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.839
 not in

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.119
 ordinary

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.619
 life,

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.879
 but the

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.619
 unspoken

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.299
 thing that

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.619
 goes along

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.000
 with all

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.299
 of this,

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.799
 that Jesus

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.239
 has been

00:32:51.239 --> 00:32:51.979
 saying throughout

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:52.699
 all of his

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:53.399
 preaching about

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:53.919
 the kingdom,

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.039
 what has he

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.539
 been saying

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.979
 about the

00:32:55.979 --> 00:32:56.259
 kingdom?

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.219
 Mark gave

00:32:59.219 --> 00:32:59.899
 it to us in a

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.479
 nutshell right

00:33:00.479 --> 00:33:00.719
 at the

00:33:00.719 --> 00:33:00.979
 beginning,

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.419
 we talked

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:01.739
 about it

00:33:01.739 --> 00:33:02.259
 last week,

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.879
 the time

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.599
 has come,

00:33:03.959 --> 00:33:04.539
 the kingdom

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.859
 of God

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.759
 is come

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.119
 near,

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.619
 repent,

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:11.759
 and believe

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.459
 the good

00:33:12.459 --> 00:33:13.039
 news,

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.879
 you're not

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.519
 doomed to

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.399
 be a

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.799
 son of

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.279
 the evil

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.679
 one,

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:22.899
 repent,

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.699
 acknowledge

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.219
 that you

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:25.739
 have blown

00:33:25.739 --> 00:33:26.279
 it against

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.619
 God,

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.079
 seek his

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.619
 forgiveness

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.419
 and you

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:30.539
 can become

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.599
 a son of

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.139
 the kingdom,

00:33:32.959 --> 00:33:33.639
 that's why

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.119
 the kingdom

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.579
 is good

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:34.959
 news,

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.639
 because some

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.159
 people are

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.599
 going to

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.199
 live in it

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.819
 as children

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.439
 of the

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:38.839
 king,

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:42.839
 but they

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.199
 have to

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:44.039
 admit and

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.579
 acknowledge

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:46.439
 their sin

00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:46.779
 and what

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.099
 they have

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.859
 done against

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.839
 the king.

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:53.079
 Verse 43,

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.759
 then the

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.519
 righteous will

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.220
 shine like

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.519
 the sun in

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.139
 the kingdom

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.639
 of their

00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.099
 father,

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.659
 he who

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:01.459
 has ears,

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.519
 let him

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:02.819
 hear.

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.279
 What a

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.879
 contrast,

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.579
 the sons

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:08.860
 of the

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.440
 evil one

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.940
 are cast

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.539
 into hell,

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.679
 they receive

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.880
 what they

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.400
 deserve,

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.340
 but the

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.819
 sons of

00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.420
 the kingdom,

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.360
 they shine

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.259
 in the

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.880
 kingdom of

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.340
 their father,

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.119
 they live

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.559
 in the

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.819
 kingdom,

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.819
 they belong

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.440
 in the

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.860
 kingdom.

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:27.360
 It says

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.699
 they are

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.420
 righteous,

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.779
 then the

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.319
 righteous

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:32.639
 will shine.

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:35.099
 what has

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.799
 been planted

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:37.199
 by the

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.559
 son of

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.539
 man has

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.379
 grown,

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.339
 the heads

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:41.159
 have formed,

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.319
 righteousness

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.819
 shines through,

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.679
 they're beautiful,

00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:47.579
 they're glorious,

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.339
 and they

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.980
 will live

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.819
 in the

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.219
 kingdom

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:53.299
 of the

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.639
 son of

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:53.960
 man,

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.679
 of God,

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.420
 as true

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.879
 sons,

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.420
 as true

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.420
 children of

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.960
 the king.

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:02.780
 John said

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.119
 it this

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.320
 way,

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.860
 for as

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.920
 many as

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:06.980
 received

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.159
 Jesus,

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.260
 to those

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.000
 who believed

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.480
 in his

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.800
 name,

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.380
 he gave

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.840
 the right

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.840
 to become

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:14.179
 children of

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.519
 God.

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.000
 And so

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:19.619
 this parable

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:21.059
 is a

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.460
 gracious

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.280
 warning.

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:27.640
 are you

00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:28.019
 a son

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.280
 of the

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.560
 kingdom?

00:35:31.560 --> 00:35:32.140
 Or do

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.620
 you default

00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:32.940
 to the

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.120
 other

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.500
 side?

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.880
 It's

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.280
 not too

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.580
 late

00:35:36.580 --> 00:35:38.420
 to change.

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:38.900
 The

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.360
 disciples,

00:35:39.540 --> 00:35:39.880
 one time,

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.300
 they said

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.600
 this,

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.560
 they went

00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:41.900
 to a

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.340
 town and

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.580
 they were

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:42.820
 not

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.300
 welcomed,

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:43.860
 and they

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.120
 said,

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.620
 what should

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:45.880
 we do,

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.100
 Lord?

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.560
 Should we

00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:47.320
 call down

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.060
 fire from

00:35:48.060 --> 00:35:48.580
 heaven to

00:35:48.580 --> 00:35:48.960
 destroy

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.200
 them?

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.900
 Jesus

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.460
 rebuked

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.660
 them.

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.220
 No.

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.460
 Why?

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.680
 Because God

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.780
 is patient.

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.660
 The day

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:00.900
 of the

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.240
 Lord is

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.580
 coming,

00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.140
 the harvest,

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.519
 the end

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.720
 of the

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.080
 age is

00:36:03.080 --> 00:36:03.480
 coming,

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.620
 but he

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:05.000
 does not

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.560
 want any

00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:06.220
 to perish.

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.640
 He is

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:07.240
 patient,

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.960
 wanting all

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.560
 to come

00:36:09.560 --> 00:36:10.780
 to repentance.

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.740
 This is

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.120
 the window

00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:13.880
 of opportunity

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.560
 right here.

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:17.860
 Are you

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.220
 a son

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.500
 of the

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.780
 kingdom?

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.880
 A son

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.280
 of the

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.519
 king?

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:28.320
 for those

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.600
 of us

00:36:28.600 --> 00:36:29.000
 who are

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.560
 and who

00:36:29.560 --> 00:36:30.019
 know it,

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:33.860
 what does

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.080
 it do

00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.380
 in your

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.700
 heart

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.300
 to think

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:37.760
 that everyone

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.220
 in our

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.660
 world

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.300
 who is

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.720
 not

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:42.340
 is headed

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:43.600
 for hell?

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:48.219
 will you

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.619
 do about

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:48.819
 it?

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.819
 What will

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.119
 you do

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.500
 about your

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.920
 neighbor

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:52.199
 who

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:54.519
 doesn't

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.940
 want anything

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.279
 to do

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.460
 with

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.799
 Jesus?

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.480
 What will

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.719
 you do

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.059
 about your

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.579
 co-worker

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.059
 who

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.980
 hasn't even

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.360
 been to

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.739
 church,

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.159
 doesn't know

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.819
 anything about

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:05.059
 it?

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:07.059
 What will

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.059
 you do

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:09.099
 will you

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.460
 pray for

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.639
 them?

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.099
 Will you

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.579
 tell them

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.019
 the good

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.440
 news

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.960
 of the

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.239
 kingdom?

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.599
 Will you

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.239
 graciously,

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:19.239
 lovingly,

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:19.860
 like Jesus

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.239
 did,

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.000
 warn them?

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.619
 What do

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.340
 you desire

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.719
 more?

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:29.000
 Your own

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.380
 comfort?

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.099
 To be

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.900
 appreciated

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.820
 by them?

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.460
 To tell

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.820
 them what

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.279
 they want

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:34.759
 to hear?

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.739
 Be liked

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.259
 by them?

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.779
 Popular?

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:40.080
 What's

00:37:40.080 --> 00:37:40.460
 stronger?

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.840
 That or

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.800
 your faith

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.380
 that this

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.100
 is the

00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:45.500
 spiritual

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.320
 reality in

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.800
 our world?

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.120
 Thankfully,

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.519
 when the

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.320
 disciples said,

00:37:52.680 --> 00:37:53.000
 should we

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.500
 call down

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.940
 fire,

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.160
 Jesus said,

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.700
 no.

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.660
 God is

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.100
 patient.

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:02.120
 He wants

00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:02.720
 all to

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.080
 repent,

00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:04.100
 to be

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.480
 saved.

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:05.920
 Do you

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.220
 know why

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.640
 you're here?

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:09.780
 do you

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.019
 know what

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.440
 he has

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.780
 for you

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.200
 to do?

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.780
 Let's

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.000
 pray.

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.060
 Father in

00:38:22.060 --> 00:38:22.280
 heaven,

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.740
 these words

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:24.180
 are heavy.

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.320
 We want

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.760
 to hear

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:29.320
 nice things.

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.780
 We want

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.280
 our hearts

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.760
 to be

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.500
 brought to

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.920
 the place

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.620
 of joy

00:38:32.620 --> 00:38:33.240
 again and

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.560
 again,

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.500
 but again

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.940
 and again,

00:38:35.080 --> 00:38:35.620
 you give

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.099
 us hard

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.619
 truths.

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.679
 You speak

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.480
 hard words.

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.920
 We receive

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.179
 them,

00:38:41.319 --> 00:38:41.440
 Lord.

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.859
 We feel

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:44.519
 that mixture

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.819
 of sadness

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.519
 and sorrow

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.579
 as we think

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.000
 of people

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.579
 in our lives

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.179
 that we love

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.639
 who don't

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.179
 know you,

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.500
 who are not

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.159
 sons of your

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.480
 kingdom,

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:55.139
 but we also

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:56.000
 feel joy.

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.460
 We feel

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.199
 thankfulness

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.619
 for those

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.980
 of us

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.460
 who are,

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.579
 that you

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.039
 have

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:02.460
 graciously

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.039
 come into

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.759
 this world

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:05.539
 and given

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.960
 us the

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.400
 chance,

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.920
 given us

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.759
 the opportunity,

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:08.840
 given us

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.519
 the gift

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:11.699
 of repentance

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.179
 and a

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.759
 relationship

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.440
 with you.

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.759
 You are

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.559
 our king

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.940
 and we

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.460
 love you

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:19.480
 and we

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.920
 look forward

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.360
 to and

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.900
 long for

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.300
 the day

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.639
 when we

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.259
 will shine

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:23.400
 in your

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.779
 kingdom

00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.800
 forever.

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.940
 In

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.480
 Christ's name

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.239
 we pray.

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.099
 Amen.

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.199
 Amen.