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 Good morning, church. My name is Ed. If I haven't gotten a chance to meet you, I'm one of the pastors at Trinity Cambridge. It's my joy to preach God's word this morning. Let's open up our Bibles. We're going to continue on in our series of Matthew.

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 Matthew, we're in chapter 21, starting in verse 33, all the way to the end of the chapter. If you are in need of a Bible, feel free to raise your hand. We'd be happy to hand you a physical copy of a Bible that you could use for now, and then hold on.

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 Anyone? Again, we are starting in verse 33 to the end of the chapter. Let's bow our heads as we approach God in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 this world can discourage us, beat us up.

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 Our flesh, we have to wrestle with it.

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 Satan, as we heard in the prophecy, attacks us incessantly with lies.

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 Lord, we come to your word,

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 pleading,

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 begging for you to illuminate it to our souls,

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 that we'd understand it,

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 not just in our heads,

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 but with our hearts,

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 and that in our hearts, that would transform, that would manifest

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 into our hands.

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 That we would grow as holistic disciples,

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 that in our heads, hearts, hands,

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 every aspect of us,

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 that we would be transformed.

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 Father, I believe in your Holy Spirit.

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 I believe that you can preach through

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 people like me,

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 weak mouths,

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 weak servants.

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 So please multiply

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 the five loaves, two fish,

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 that I can offer to feed the masses.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please rise to honor the reading of God's word.

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 Starting in verse 33.

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 Hear another parable.

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 There was a master of a house

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 who planted a vineyard

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 and put a fence around it

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 and dug a wine press in it

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 and built a tower

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 and leased it to tenants

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 and went into another country.

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 When the season for fruit draw near,

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 he sent his servants to the tenants

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 to get his fruit.

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 And the tenants took his servants

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 and beat one,

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 killed another,

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 and stoned another.

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 Again, he sent other servants,

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 more than the first,

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 and they did the same to them.

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 Finally,

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 he sent his son to them,

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 saying,

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 They will respect my son.

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 But when the tenants saw the son,

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 they said to themselves,

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 This is the heir.

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 Come,

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 let us kill him

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 and have his inheritance.

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 And they took him

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 and threw him out of the vineyard

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 and killed him.

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 When therefore the owner

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 of the vineyard comes,

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 what will he do to those tenants?

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 They said to him,

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 He will put those wretches

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 to a miserable death

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 and let out the vineyard

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 to other tenants

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 who were given the fruits

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 in their seasons.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Have you never read

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 in the scriptures

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 the stone that the builders rejected

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 has become the cornerstone?

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 This was the Lord's doing

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 and it is marvelous in our eyes.

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 Therefore I tell you,

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 the kingdom of God

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 will be taken away from you

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 and given to a people

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 producing its fruits.

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 And the one who falls on this stone

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 will be broken to pieces

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 and when it falls on anyone,

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 it will crush him.

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 When the chief priests

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 and the Pharisees

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 heard his parables,

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 they perceived

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 that he was speaking

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 about them.

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 And although

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 they were seeking

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 to arrest him,

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 they feared the crowds

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 because they held him

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 to be a prophet.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 In my 30 years of life,

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 I never once wanted

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 to become a vegetarian.

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 Sorry to all the vegetarians

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 out there.

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 But I just liked

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 eating meat too much.

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 Even when I heard

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 about all the terrible things

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 about the meat industry,

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 the abhorrent living conditions

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 that the animals

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 have to endure,

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 I embarrassingly

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 still never wanted

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 to change my ways.

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 That is,

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 until I watched

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 the film called

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 Okja.

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 If you've never seen

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 the film,

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 it's about a young girl

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 who tries to rescue

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 her genetically engineered

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 pig-dog thing

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 from a company

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 that raised it

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 for meat.

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 And along the way,

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 she exposes

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 the inhumane conditions

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 in which these

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 super pigs are raised.

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 And she does it

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 by leaking

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 a video to the public.

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 So in one scene

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 facing major scandal

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 and risk

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 of their stock

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 plummeting,

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 the executives

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 of that company,

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 they have this

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 following discussion.

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 One says,

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 what about spending

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 some money

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 on media damage control?

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 The other says,

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 no point.

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 They'll hate us

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 for a bit

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 and then they'll forget.

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 Yes,

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 but I'm not sure

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 if the customers,

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 how they're going

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 to respond after today.

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 If it's cheap,

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 they'll eat it.

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 Oof.

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 Right,

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 that's me.

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 Thinking about

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 Okja the pig,

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 my wife and I

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 were very convicted

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 and ashamed

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 of our eating habits.

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 And so,

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 that's the story

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 about how we became

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 vegetarians.

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 For one week.

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 Now,

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 Okja works

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 because you are

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 immersed in the story,

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 you are cheering

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 for the good guys,

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 you think that you're

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 on their side,

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 but before you even

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 know it,

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 you're hit with the truth

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 that actually,

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 you're one of the bad guys.

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 You're part of the problem.

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 Now,

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 this sermon's not about

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 vegetarianism,

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 and nor do I think

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 that all Christians

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 need to become vegetarians,

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 but there's a truth

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 that we do need

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 to all accept

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 that Jesus addresses

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 today.

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 There are times

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 where we must deliver

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 the truth

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 straight up,

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 undiluted,

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 neat.

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 But there are also times

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 where we must deliver

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 the truth

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 indirectly,

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 on a slant.

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 By sharing this parable

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 of the wicked tenants,

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 Jesus does just that.

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 He engages

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 the Jewish leader's

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 imagination.

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 He bypasses

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 their defensiveness.

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 They clearly

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 rebuke the wicked tenants

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 for their arrogant pride

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 in rebelling

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 against the master.

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 But then,

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 the shoe drops.

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 They get it.

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 Jesus is talking

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 about them.

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 They are the

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 freeloading tenants

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 on borrowed land

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 who have rejected

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 all of God's messengers,

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 thinking that they can rule

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 without the master.

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 The word of God

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 has exposed

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 their hearts.

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 And written

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 2,000 years ago,

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 the word of God

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 exposes our own hearts

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 this morning.

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 In more ways

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 than one,

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 have we not all

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 declared to them,

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 master of the vineyard,

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 I want to be owner.

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 I want my autonomy.

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 I want you dead.

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 We,

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 like these wicked tenants,

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 should be cast

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 out of the vineyard

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 for our arrogance,

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 for our subversiveness,

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 but instead,

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 instead of immediately

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 casting us out,

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 the master makes

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 one final appeal.

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 The master

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 sends his son

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 as a final call

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 to repent

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 and to bear fruit.

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 That's the main point

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 of my sermon

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 this morning.

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 And so to understand

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 the logic of this parable,

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 we need to see

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 two things.

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 First,

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 that the master

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 will,

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 or the master

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 demands his fruit,

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 and secondly,

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 the master

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 will get

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 his fruit.

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 So here,

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 another parable

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 Jesus exhorts.

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 We meet

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 the master

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 of a house

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 who invests

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 his time

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 and money

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 in a very common

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 business venture

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 in the day.

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 It's a vineyard.

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 Placing a fence

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 around the land,

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 he guards

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 from intruders.

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 Digging a wine press

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 right there

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 on the property,

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 he sets up

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 the winemaking process

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 from start

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 to finish

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 right on site.

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 He builds

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 a watchtower,

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 allowing for

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 shelter,

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 storage,

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 visibility

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 over the land.

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 All in all,

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 he meticulously

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 sets up the vineyard,

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 deliberately thinking

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 about what these

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 tenants might need,

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 and he covers

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 all the bases.

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 In every sense,

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 any tenant

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 would be so lucky

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 to work this land.

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 And after

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 establishing the vineyard,

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 the master

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 entrusts it

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 to tenants

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 on a contractual

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 lease

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 common in that day.

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 They cultivate

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 and care for the land,

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 they invest

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 their time,

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 effort,

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 sweat,

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 blood,

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 and tears

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 to get rich

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 off the fruit,

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 and in return,

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 they give the owner

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 just a cut,

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 a cut of the proceeds,

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 a cut of the fruit.

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 Under this clear

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 lease agreement,

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 there is no possibility

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 of feigning ignorance

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 or citing

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 miscommunication.

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 Oh,

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 I didn't know

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 I had to pay

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 for the utilities.

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 You never said

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 I owe the broker's fee.

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 Buddy,

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 it's all right here,

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 and you signed

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 your name

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 on the dotted line.

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 You owe

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 the master

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 his fruit.

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 To those who

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 knew the scriptures,

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 like the chief

00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:30.879
 priests listening,

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 these details

00:10:32.079 --> 00:10:33.220
 must have

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 sounded familiar,

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 because this is

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 not a random story

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 with random details,

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 but this is

00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:41.419
 rather a direct

00:10:41.419 --> 00:10:42.579
 echo of Isaiah

00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:43.580
 chapter 5.

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 From the opening

00:10:45.780 --> 00:10:46.540
 words of the

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 parable alone,

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 Jesus is

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 predisposing

00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:49.840
 his listeners

00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.200
 to hear this

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 parable as a

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 commentary

00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.580
 about the

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 relationship

00:10:54.040 --> 00:10:54.940
 between God

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 and the nation

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 of Israel.

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 There, too,

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 a careful master

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 plants a vineyard,

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 which is Israel.

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 He digs a winepress

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 and sets up

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 a tower,

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 echoing all the

00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:07.280
 same details

00:11:07.280 --> 00:11:08.100
 of this parable.

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 just like here,

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 he expects

00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.139
 good fruit,

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 the good fruit

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 of repentance,

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 of righteousness,

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 justice,

00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:17.399
 mercy,

00:11:17.540 --> 00:11:18.240
 loving kindness

00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:18.800
 from them,

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 but despite

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 supplying them

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 with all that

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 they might need,

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 God only gets

00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:25.340
 sour,

00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:27.800
 wild grapes

00:11:27.800 --> 00:11:28.460
 from the vineyard.

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 The Lord

00:11:30.300 --> 00:11:30.800
 laments,

00:11:31.300 --> 00:11:32.080
 what more was

00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:32.580
 there to do

00:11:32.580 --> 00:11:33.440
 for my vineyard

00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:34.100
 that I have not

00:11:34.100 --> 00:11:35.040
 done for it?

00:11:35.560 --> 00:11:36.259
 When I looked

00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:37.259
 for it to yield

00:11:37.259 --> 00:11:37.700
 grapes,

00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:39.179
 why did it yield

00:11:39.179 --> 00:11:40.000
 wild grapes?

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 But after

00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:44.439
 referencing Isaiah,

00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:45.980
 Jesus introduces

00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:47.299
 a brand new

00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:48.439
 element to this

00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:48.779
 parable,

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 and it's

00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:50.939
 the tenants.

00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:53.019
 In Isaiah,

00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:53.620
 the problem

00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:54.799
 is with the land.

00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.299
 In Matthew,

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 the problem

00:11:56.819 --> 00:11:58.120
 is with the tenants,

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 the ones

00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:00.740
 to whom the

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 master has

00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:01.740
 entrusted

00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.419
 this land.

00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:04.019
 So if the

00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:05.200
 vineyard is Israel,

00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:06.759
 then the tenants

00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:07.600
 must be the

00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.460
 leaders of

00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:08.980
 the nation,

00:12:10.140 --> 00:12:10.720
 the chief

00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:11.160
 priests,

00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:12.100
 the scribes,

00:12:12.160 --> 00:12:12.560
 the elders.

00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:14.200
 So make no

00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:15.040
 mistake about

00:12:15.040 --> 00:12:15.620
 this parable.

00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:16.620
 The story is not

00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.700
 merely a general

00:12:17.700 --> 00:12:18.400
 moral lesson

00:12:18.400 --> 00:12:19.140
 about good

00:12:19.140 --> 00:12:19.620
 stewardship.

00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:21.420
 This parable

00:12:21.420 --> 00:12:22.580
 is a specific

00:12:22.580 --> 00:12:24.200
 pointed rebuke

00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:24.900
 against the

00:12:24.900 --> 00:12:25.160
 leaders,

00:12:25.640 --> 00:12:26.800
 and they will

00:12:26.800 --> 00:12:27.300
 come to know

00:12:27.300 --> 00:12:27.520
 it.

00:12:28.700 --> 00:12:29.379
 He goes on,

00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:30.759
 when the season

00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:31.600
 for fruit came,

00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.340
 seeing that the

00:12:32.340 --> 00:12:33.120
 vineyard is well

00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:33.700
 supplied,

00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:34.660
 and the

00:12:34.660 --> 00:12:35.340
 agreement was

00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:35.800
 clear,

00:12:36.560 --> 00:12:37.220
 the owner

00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:38.280
 rightfully sends

00:12:38.280 --> 00:12:39.040
 his servant

00:12:39.040 --> 00:12:39.680
 to the vineyard

00:12:39.680 --> 00:12:40.200
 to get what

00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:41.020
 belongs to

00:12:41.020 --> 00:12:41.480
 him,

00:12:42.140 --> 00:12:43.259
 his fruit.

00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:44.680
 You see that

00:12:44.680 --> 00:12:45.600
 possessive pronoun

00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.960
 repeated throughout

00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:47.520
 the parable?

00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.520
 It's his land,

00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:50.720
 his fruit,

00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:51.820
 his servants.

00:12:53.180 --> 00:12:53.720
 These servants

00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:54.520
 are sent as

00:12:54.520 --> 00:12:55.680
 ambassadors for

00:12:55.680 --> 00:12:56.120
 the master,

00:12:56.780 --> 00:12:57.020
 right?

00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:57.580
 While the

00:12:57.580 --> 00:12:58.400
 master is away,

00:12:58.600 --> 00:12:59.640
 they embody and

00:12:59.640 --> 00:13:00.520
 they carry all

00:13:00.520 --> 00:13:01.200
 of his authority,

00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:01.759
 and they should

00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.640
 be treated as

00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.080
 such.

00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:05.139
 They should be

00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:05.740
 treated with

00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:06.319
 respect.

00:13:08.059 --> 00:13:08.799
 But showing

00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:09.379
 their true

00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:09.919
 colors,

00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:10.740
 the tenants

00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.679
 reveal what

00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:12.319
 they think

00:13:12.319 --> 00:13:12.759
 about the

00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:13.819
 master and

00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.299
 the way that

00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:14.840
 they treat

00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:15.600
 the servants.

00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:18.620
 One after

00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:19.819
 another after

00:13:19.819 --> 00:13:20.240
 another,

00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:21.559
 these tenants

00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:22.639
 show great

00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:23.580
 contempt for

00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:24.319
 the master by

00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:25.019
 beating,

00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:26.279
 killing,

00:13:26.819 --> 00:13:27.639
 and stoning

00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:27.879
 them.

00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:29.779
 Don't just

00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:30.960
 gloss over

00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.639
 those details

00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:32.139
 either.

00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:33.199
 They take

00:13:33.199 --> 00:13:34.039
 one man,

00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.460
 someone's

00:13:35.460 --> 00:13:35.980
 son,

00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:36.939
 someone's

00:13:36.939 --> 00:13:37.460
 precious son,

00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:37.759
 and they

00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.319
 beat him

00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:38.720
 to a

00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:39.460
 bloody pulp.

00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:40.919
 They take

00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:41.179
 another,

00:13:41.319 --> 00:13:41.779
 someone's

00:13:41.779 --> 00:13:42.279
 precious

00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:42.919
 brother,

00:13:43.299 --> 00:13:43.939
 and they

00:13:43.939 --> 00:13:44.600
 kill him.

00:13:45.699 --> 00:13:46.179
 They take

00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:46.539
 another,

00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:46.980
 someone's

00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.980
 best friend,

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.080
 and they

00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:49.679
 stone him

00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.139
 to death.

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:50.960
 Can you

00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.740
 just imagine

00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:52.340
 the amount

00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:53.340
 of malice

00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:53.980
 and evil

00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:54.399
 that needs

00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:54.879
 to reside

00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.159
 in your

00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:55.519
 heart to

00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:55.740
 be able

00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:56.059
 to do

00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:56.379
 this?

00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:58.740
 It

00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:58.960
 doesn't

00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.360
 stop

00:13:59.360 --> 00:13:59.879
 there,

00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.279
 seeing what

00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:02.059
 happens to

00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:02.720
 his first

00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:03.480
 batch of

00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:03.820
 servants.

00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.379
 The master

00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:05.559
 sends even

00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:06.279
 more the

00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:06.980
 second time,

00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.240
 believing,

00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:09.639
 surely,

00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:11.600
 surely they

00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:12.159
 will now

00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.639
 surrender.

00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:15.080
 Yet,

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.679
 even with

00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.240
 the greater

00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:17.100
 number and

00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:17.980
 presumably

00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:19.000
 greater time,

00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:19.879
 more time to

00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.700
 self-reflect,

00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.000
 these tenants

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.940
 show absolutely

00:14:22.940 --> 00:14:24.039
 no shame,

00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.460
 no desire to

00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:25.820
 change,

00:14:25.900 --> 00:14:26.560
 no ability

00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:27.240
 to repent.

00:14:28.800 --> 00:14:29.220
 Without

00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:30.139
 batting an

00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:30.300
 eye,

00:14:30.400 --> 00:14:30.780
 they do

00:14:30.780 --> 00:14:31.700
 the same,

00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:32.460
 the same

00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.000
 to these

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.780
 servants too.

00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:35.759
 This was

00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.879
 a Netflix

00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.740
 documentary

00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.860
 level of

00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.440
 evil,

00:14:39.900 --> 00:14:40.560
 maliciousness,

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.220
 and wickedness.

00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.000
 A story

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.940
 that when we

00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:43.240
 watch,

00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:43.580
 when we

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:43.800
 read,

00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.120
 it should

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.580
 make our

00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:45.780
 blood boil,

00:14:46.780 --> 00:14:47.540
 boil with

00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:48.060
 righteous

00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.820
 indignation,

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.440
 because in

00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:51.180
 their proud

00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:51.639
 arrogance,

00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:52.720
 they think

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.259
 that they

00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:53.620
 are the

00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.240
 master of

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.600
 the land.

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:56.720
 Again,

00:14:57.660 --> 00:14:58.300
 this is not

00:14:58.300 --> 00:14:59.360
 a fictional

00:14:59.360 --> 00:14:59.800
 tale,

00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.280
 this is not

00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:00.620
 just a

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:00.940
 made-up

00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.360
 legend,

00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:03.080
 this was

00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:04.000
 true history.

00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.639
 Throughout

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.379
 her history,

00:15:06.540 --> 00:15:06.960
 like in

00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.460
 the parable,

00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.080
 God sends

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:09.240
 not armies

00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:09.879
 of angels,

00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.500
 but humble

00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:11.980
 servants,

00:15:13.160 --> 00:15:13.960
 bold prophets

00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.600
 who loved

00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:15.960
 their nation

00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:16.800
 enough to

00:15:16.800 --> 00:15:17.280
 tell the

00:15:17.280 --> 00:15:17.580
 truth,

00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:18.259
 despite what

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:19.220
 it cost

00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:19.480
 them,

00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:21.420
 to win the

00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:21.980
 leaders of

00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:22.660
 Israel back

00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:23.860
 to obedience.

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.019
 But her

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.699
 rulers have

00:15:26.699 --> 00:15:27.860
 rejected God's

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:29.279
 messengers time,

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.379
 time,

00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.059
 and time

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.339
 again.

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.459
 He sent

00:15:33.459 --> 00:15:35.299
 prophet Jeremiah,

00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:36.819
 who pleaded,

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.980
 reform your ways

00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.699
 and your actions.

00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.620
 But the

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.219
 officials of

00:15:41.219 --> 00:15:42.199
 King Zedekiah

00:15:42.199 --> 00:15:43.299
 beat him

00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:44.559
 and cast him

00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:45.439
 to rot in a

00:15:45.439 --> 00:15:46.139
 muddy cistern.

00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.960
 He sent

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.919
 prophet Isaiah,

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.480
 who cried out,

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.199
 turn to the

00:15:51.199 --> 00:15:51.819
 Lord and be

00:15:51.819 --> 00:15:52.460
 saved.

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.139
 But ancient

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.960
 tradition says

00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:55.340
 that King

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 Manasseh

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 ordered that

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 Isaiah be

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 killed,

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 being sawn

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 into two.

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 He sent

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 prophet Zechariah,

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 who rebuked,

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 you have

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 forsaken the

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 Lord,

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 a desperate

00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:07.639
 plea for them

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 to come back

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 into a right

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 relationship with

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 God.

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 And King

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 Joash ordered

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 that he be

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 stoned to

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 death on

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 holy ground.

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 One they

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 beat,

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 another they

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 killed,

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 another they

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 stoned.

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 This just

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 scratches the

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 surface too.

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 God sends

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 prophet after

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 prophet to

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 win them

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 over,

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 but each

00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:29.919
 time they

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 choose blood

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 over repentance.

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 Each time

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 they choose

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 blood over

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 righteousness.

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 It's no

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 wonder that

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 Stephen rebukes

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 the chief

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.580
 priests and

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 the scribes

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 in Acts 7

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 saying,

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 you stiff-necked

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 people,

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 uncircumcised

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 in heart

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 and ears,

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 you always

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 resist the

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 Holy Spirit.

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 As your

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 fathers did,

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 so do you.

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 Which of the

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 prophets did

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 your fathers

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 not persecute?

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 So when you

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 read the

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 opening word

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 of verse 37,

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 right,

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 finally,

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 what do you

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 think that the

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 rest of the

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 verse might

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 say?

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 finally,

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 finally,

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 his patience

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 ran thin.

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 Finally,

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 the hammer

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 just dropped.

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 Finally,

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 God will

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 get his

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 vengeance.

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 It doesn't

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 say any of

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 that.

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 Finally,

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 he sent

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 his son.

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 He sends

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 not just a

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 son,

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:31.820
 right,

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 but in

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 Mark's record

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 of this

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 parable,

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 he writes

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 still,

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 still he

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 had one

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 other,

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 a beloved

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 son,

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 a cherished

00:17:42.699 --> 00:17:43.139
 son,

00:17:43.399 --> 00:17:43.959
 a son in

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 whom was

00:17:44.399 --> 00:17:45.219
 all of his

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 delight.

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 This is a

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.659
 picture of a

00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:49.799
 man yearning

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.899
 desperately,

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.879
 desperately for

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.559
 these tenants

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.479
 to come to

00:17:53.479 --> 00:17:54.000
 their senses

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:55.019
 and to return

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.599
 to a right

00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.099
 relationship

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.539
 with him.

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.099
 Now,

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 is it cruel

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.959
 of a father

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 to send

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:02.279
 his son

00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:03.159
 into a

00:18:03.159 --> 00:18:04.219
 bloodbath,

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.440
 into the

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:05.900
 hands of

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.839
 serial killers

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.680
 who have

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.420
 attacked every

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.200
 single messenger

00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.880
 before him?

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.839
 Is this

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.600
 wicked child

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:12.940
 abuse?

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.200
 Only if

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.740
 the son

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.579
 didn't want

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 to go too.

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.579
 Only if

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.059
 the father

00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:22.000
 forced him

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.779
 to go

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.500
 against his

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 will.

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 But we

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.759
 know who

00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.420
 this son

00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.140
 really is.

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.120
 This

00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:30.039
 beloved son

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.680
 is Jesus

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.360
 Christ,

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.940
 who came

00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:33.620
 not against

00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:34.160
 his own

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.620
 volition,

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:36.120
 but willingly,

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.000
 joyfully

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.580
 came to

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.519
 a rebellious

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.220
 people like

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.519
 us.

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 Isn't this

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.100
 amazing?

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.519
 As he said

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.259
 in John 4,

00:18:43.340 --> 00:18:44.040
 my food

00:18:44.040 --> 00:18:44.580
 is to do

00:18:44.580 --> 00:18:45.000
 the will

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.420
 of my

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:45.940
 father who

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.519
 sent me.

00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:48.480
 My food,

00:18:49.060 --> 00:18:49.380
 the thing

00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.680
 that gives

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.220
 me life,

00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:50.880
 is to do

00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.519
 his will.

00:18:52.560 --> 00:18:53.100
 The only

00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:54.019
 thing crazier

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.380
 than the

00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:55.100
 master sending

00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:55.820
 his son

00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:56.720
 is that

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.360
 the son

00:18:57.360 --> 00:18:57.800
 willingly

00:18:57.800 --> 00:18:58.320
 goes.

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 Then don't

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.220
 you just

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.000
 marvel at

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.660
 the patience

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.140
 of these

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.519
 two.

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:04.820
 They

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.460
 could have

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.180
 come guns

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.700
 blazing,

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:07.880
 physically

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.620
 imposing

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.080
 their will

00:19:09.080 --> 00:19:09.580
 at any

00:19:09.580 --> 00:19:10.120
 legitimate

00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.660
 breach of

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.320
 the contract.

00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:12.800
 That was

00:19:12.800 --> 00:19:13.600
 their legal

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:14.259
 right to

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.720
 do so.

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.140
 And

00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:16.940
 compared to

00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:17.220
 us,

00:19:17.320 --> 00:19:17.519
 our

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:17.960
 patience,

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:18.940
 wouldn't

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.540
 our patience

00:19:19.540 --> 00:19:20.440
 for illegal

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.560
 freeloading

00:19:21.560 --> 00:19:22.259
 squatters,

00:19:22.800 --> 00:19:23.220
 it would

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.580
 have tapped

00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:24.340
 out a long,

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.259
 long time

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.540
 ago.

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.539
 sinful anger

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.559
 is not

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.659
 in the past

00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.460
 I've found

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.099
 it easy

00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.759
 to believe

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.119
 that anger

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.759
 is only

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.519
 something that

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:35.220
 a small

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.000
 subset of

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.599
 people struggle

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:36.899
 with.

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.619
 Sinful anger

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:38.980
 is only

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.559
 something that

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.000
 the people

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.399
 who need

00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:41.159
 to go to

00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:41.440
 anger

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.879
 management

00:19:41.879 --> 00:19:42.339
 classes

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.019
 struggle

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.319
 with.

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.119
 And of

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.460
 course there

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.059
 are levels

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.839
 to this,

00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.740
 but sinful

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.339
 anger is

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:50.099
 not something

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.180
 that only a

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.859
 few people

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.519
 struggle with.

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:54.099
 In the

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.759
 best book

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.500
 on anger

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.920
 out there,

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:56.879
 Good and

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:57.119
 Angry,

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.660
 in the

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.200
 shortest

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.940
 chapter that

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.740
 I've ever

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.259
 read in a

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.460
 book,

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.579
 David Powelson

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.319
 titles a

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.619
 chapter,

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:04.879
 Do You

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.740
 Have a

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.259
 Serious

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.759
 Problem

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.400
 with Anger?

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.660
 And the

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.180
 chapter is

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.740
 one word.

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.319
 Yes.

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.200
 That's it.

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:16.539
 And why is

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:16.960
 it such a

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.400
 ubiquitous

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:17.819
 problem?

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.539
 When we

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:19.879
 think that

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.619
 something that

00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:21.079
 is our

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:22.259
 right is

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.119
 ripped away

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.660
 from us,

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.940
 when we

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.220
 think that

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.680
 something that

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.140
 doesn't go

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.700
 according to

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.579
 our plan,

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.279
 doesn't that

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.940
 immediately

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:31.220
 cause anger

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:32.000
 to bubble

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.400
 over?

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.279
 You see that

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.000
 anger in our

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.599
 hearts when

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.480
 our children

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.400
 disobey us,

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.099
 when a rude

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:40.039
 driver cuts

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.519
 us off,

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.559
 when a

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.319
 coker seeks

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.160
 to upstage

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.420
 you,

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.519
 and out

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.039
 comes the

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.680
 frustration

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.460
 that reveals

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.839
 what we

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.900
 actually believe

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.500
 at the heart

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.900
 of hearts,

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.180
 the belief

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.759
 that we

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.160
 should be

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.759
 in control,

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.259
 that we

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.720
 should be

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.220
 respected,

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.740
 that we

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.200
 should be

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.720
 God.

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.879
 We are

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.460
 gods over

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.879
 our little

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.319
 kingdoms,

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.420
 and others

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.000
 should know

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.460
 that too.

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.299
 But what

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.819
 kinds of

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.319
 gods would

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.839
 we be?

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.359
 Some struggle

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.000
 with the idea

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.599
 that God,

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.660
 he gets

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.900
 angry at

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.119
 all,

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.480
 that justice

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.119
 and wrath

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.759
 are options

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.180
 for God

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.500
 at all.

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.440
 For some,

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.480
 they believe

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:18.940
 him to be

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.860
 so vindictive

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:22.240
 and nasty.

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.140
 They think

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.920
 if I were

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.320
 God,

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.320
 if I were

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:26.480
 God,

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:26.980
 I wouldn't

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.200
 do it

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.600
 that way.

00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.620
 You're

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:29.840
 right.

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.299
 If you

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.759
 were God,

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.039
 if you

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.580
 knew all

00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:34.840
 of the

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.380
 world's

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.759
 sinful

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.220
 thoughts,

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.160
 you saw

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.700
 all the

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.180
 world's

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.779
 sinful

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.440
 actions,

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.019
 would your

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.720
 wrath not

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.320
 furiously

00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:42.840
 been poured

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.519
 out a long,

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:44.220
 long time

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.559
 ago?

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:46.839
 Our own

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.819
 wrath rises

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.159
 at even

00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:48.779
 smaller

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.240
 offenses.

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.159
 Do not

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.779
 mistake the

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.539
 character of

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.139
 our God,

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.799
 the Lord,

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.519
 the Lord,

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.220
 a God

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.000
 merciful and

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.279
 gracious,

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.019
 slow to

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.279
 anger,

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.139
 and abounding

00:21:59.139 --> 00:22:00.000
 in steadfast

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.599
 love and

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.279
 faithfulness.

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.099
 Our God

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.539
 is not

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.079
 to trigger

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.960
 happy in

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.220
 the same

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.659
 way we

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.039
 are.

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:09.240
 For him,

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.359
 justice and

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.220
 wrath are

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.859
 not the

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.500
 first,

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.279
 but the

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.039
 very last

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.539
 options.

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.399
 He exhausts

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:16.379
 every other

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.460
 option first,

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.440
 even at

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.139
 great personal

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:19.700
 cost to

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:19.920
 him,

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.139
 losing servant

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:22.259
 after servant

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.399
 and ultimately

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:24.720
 his own

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.059
 son.

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.559
 But now

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.079
 with all

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.539
 the other

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.139
 options

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.879
 exhausted,

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.899
 everything has

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.579
 come to a

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.599
 head in

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.099
 the sending

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.480
 of his

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.700
 son.

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.000
 There will

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.639
 be no

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.379
 more chances

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.099
 after this.

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.779
 The author

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.259
 of Hebrew

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.759
 writes what

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.519
 we read

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.980
 earlier,

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.299
 long ago

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.740
 at many

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.319
 times and

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.599
 in many

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.279
 ways God

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.819
 spoke to

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.279
 our fathers

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.680
 by the

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.059
 prophets,

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:47.960
 but in

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.559
 these days

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.960
 he has

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.559
 spoken to

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.299
 us by

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.619
 his

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.159
 son.

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.740
 Jesus

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.659
 is the

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.339
 final

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.899
 revelation,

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.839
 the final

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.279
 messenger.

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.519
 There will

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.919
 be no

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.139
 more

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.519
 servants,

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.639
 no more

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.019
 prophets

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.659
 who come

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.579
 after the

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.839
 son.

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:03.839
 And so

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.659
 everything

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:06.079
 hinges upon

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.779
 what you

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.579
 think about

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:07.980
 Jesus,

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.460
 about who

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.279
 Jesus is

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.940
 to you.

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.639
 If you're

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.180
 here today

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.480
 and you

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.480
 have not

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.119
 put your

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.899
 faith in

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.180
 Jesus

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.639
 Christ,

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.680
 I urge

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:18.839
 you,

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.480
 I urge

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.740
 you,

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.019
 do not

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.660
 mistake the

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.559
 long patience

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.899
 of our

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:23.440
 God with

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.119
 indifference.

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.000
 Perhaps

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.660
 many of

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.259
 God's own

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.839
 servants have

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.299
 come to

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.599
 you in

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.139
 the past,

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.500
 sharing the

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.839
 gospel,

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.819
 loving on

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.019
 you,

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.039
 wanting you

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.539
 to come

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.139
 to faith.

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.779
 This

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.200
 church,

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.799
 this body

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.259
 of believers

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.180
 also stands

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.400
 as witness,

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.060
 as one of

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.480
 the sent

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.960
 messengers

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.519
 to you,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.799
 testifying

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.620
 that you

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.580
 are on

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.400
 borrowed land

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.080
 and you

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:46.360
 are on

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.660
 borrowed

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.120
 time.

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.240
 Every

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.039
 day you

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.299
 live is

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.700
 another

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.360
 opportunity

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.880
 for you

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.620
 to repent.

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.000
 For the

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.340
 Lord has

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:55.779
 given you

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.440
 time not

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.779
 to continue

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.200
 on in

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.360
 sin,

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.720
 not to

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.019
 continue

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.460
 to grow

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.660
 your

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.360
 career or

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:01.039
 to build

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.220
 your

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.720
 family.

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.160
 Every

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.620
 day that

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:03.860
 he's

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.200
 given you

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.799
 is so

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.080
 that you

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.600
 can come

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:06.240
 to repentance.

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.279
 We

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.640
 don't

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.060
 know what

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.460
 tomorrow,

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:08.720
 what

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.200
 tonight

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.519
 might

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.759
 even

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.059
 hold

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.259
 for

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.519
 us.

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.339
 So

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.980
 today

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.399
 could

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:12.579
 be

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:12.819
 the

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.200
 last

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.679
 chance,

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.500
 the last

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.839
 chance

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.159
 that you

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.799
 might have

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.639
 to come

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.319
 to full

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.639
 faith.

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.000
 Surrender

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.159
 ownership

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:20.720
 to God

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.480
 before it's

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.099
 too late.

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.079
 Our

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.440
 church

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.500
 yearns

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.940
 for this.

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.339
 But when

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.879
 the tenants,

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.319
 they recognize

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.859
 the son,

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.240
 they take

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.779
 the great

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.379
 kindness

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.740
 of the

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.259
 father and

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.899
 they repay

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.440
 it with

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.200
 greater

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.579
 evil,

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:36.639
 people.

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.279
 They

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.699
 scheme

00:24:38.699 --> 00:24:38.980
 amongst

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.439
 themselves,

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.379
 if we

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.839
 kill

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.099
 his

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.379
 son,

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.559
 we

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.740
 will

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.139
 receive

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.419
 his

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:42.839
 inheritance.

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.359
 And so,

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.299
 like a

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.619
 dog,

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.339
 they cast

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.799
 the son

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.159
 out of

00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:47.259
 the

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.599
 master

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.439
 out of

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:48.759
 the land

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.139
 and they

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.899
 kill him.

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.019
 It's not

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.539
 hard to see

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.079
 the connection

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.679
 with Jesus

00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.139
 as he was

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.019
 cast out of

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.359
 the city

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.859
 of Jerusalem

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.619
 and he

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.159
 was crucified

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.559
 on the

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.899
 cross.

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.779
 After

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.220
 reading this

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.000
 over and

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.439
 over,

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:02.899
 I,

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:03.699
 for the

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.119
 life of

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.259
 me,

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:04.779
 could not

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.439
 understand their

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.019
 logic here.

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.400
 Why in

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.940
 the world

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.580
 would they

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.160
 gain the

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.620
 inheritance

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.299
 if the

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.840
 son were

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.240
 suddenly

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.640
 dead?

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.600
 It makes

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.640
 no sense.

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.220
 That is,

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.880
 unless they

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.559
 assumed that

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.259
 the master

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.360
 was dead.

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.240
 Hence,

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.759
 they used

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.160
 the word

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.880
 inheritance

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:24.320
 for the

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:24.920
 first time

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.220
 in this

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.600
 passage.

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.559
 It seems

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.279
 like they

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.539
 knew that

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.100
 the legal

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:30.580
 principle,

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:30.960
 they knew

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.380
 this legal

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.080
 principle of

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:33.460
 possession is

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.360
 nine-tenths

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.680
 of the

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:34.920
 law.

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.640
 That

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.400
 ownership is

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.240
 easier to

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.660
 maintain

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.500
 legally if

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.860
 one has

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.400
 possession of

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.680
 something

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.380
 already.

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.180
 Even today

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.500
 in our

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.840
 law,

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.740
 typically in

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.259
 property

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.920
 disputes,

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.779
 the person

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.440
 in possession

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.320
 is presumed to

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:48.660
 be the

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.259
 rightful owner

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.940
 until proven

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.380
 otherwise.

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.759
 So if they

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.440
 kill the

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.680
 son,

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.559
 and if the

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.180
 master is

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.460
 dead,

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.519
 there is no

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.140
 one left to

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.860
 claim the

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.200
 land.

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.180
 So they

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.600
 can claim,

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.279
 as we did

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.539
 on the

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.880
 playground,

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.860
 finders,

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.380
 keepers.

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:04.800
 But before

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:06.420
 we judge

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.720
 them,

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:09.040
 does not

00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:10.200
 every one

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.660
 of our

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.400
 own sins

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.520
 functionally

00:26:12.520 --> 00:26:13.060
 play out

00:26:13.060 --> 00:26:14.060
 because we

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.740
 believe too

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.100
 that the

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.680
 master is

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:15.920
 dead?

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.460
 Every sin

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.900
 that we

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.800
 commit truly

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:21.040
 is a tiny

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.660
 expression

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.900
 of atheism.

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.380
 Take a

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.720
 moment to

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.340
 reflect on

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:26.880
 the sin

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.220
 that you

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.640
 confessed

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.120
 privately

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.639
 during the

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:28.979
 confession

00:26:28.979 --> 00:26:29.279
 of the

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.459
 sin.

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.039
 In that

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.339
 sin,

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.199
 what did

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:33.739
 you believe

00:26:33.739 --> 00:26:34.339
 about God?

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.500
 Was he

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.179
 real to

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:37.399
 you?

00:26:38.479 --> 00:26:39.119
 Or did

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.619
 you operate

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.139
 as if he

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.599
 were dead?

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.500
 Would you

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.659
 really slander

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:46.199
 and gossip

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:46.759
 about that

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.759
 coworker if

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.599
 you actively

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.619
 remembered that

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.019
 God was

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.339
 listening?

00:26:51.739 --> 00:26:52.379
 Would you

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:53.099
 watch that

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:54.559
 video if

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.399
 you actively

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.479
 believed that

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:57.159
 God was in

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.519
 the room

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.059
 with you?

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.559
 Would you

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.099
 lie on

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.739
 your taxes

00:27:00.739 --> 00:27:02.119
 if you

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:03.279
 actively knew

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.679
 that God

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:04.059
 sees it

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.199
 all?

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.079
 We do

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.719
 this only

00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.299
 because in

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.899
 that split

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.339
 second,

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.319
 we too

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.799
 believe that

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.379
 the master

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:11.259
 is dead.

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.259
 Even

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.959
 stress and

00:27:13.959 --> 00:27:14.779
 anxiety can

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.500
 be a tiny

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.599
 expression of

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.119
 atheism.

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.579
 If you

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.000
 forget that

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.379
 the Lord

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.219
 is alive

00:27:20.219 --> 00:27:20.739
 and well,

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.439
 if you

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:21.839
 feel like

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.299
 you're on

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.819
 your own,

00:27:22.979 --> 00:27:23.979
 stress and

00:27:23.979 --> 00:27:24.479
 anxiety,

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.239
 it creeps

00:27:25.239 --> 00:27:25.719
 up in our

00:27:25.719 --> 00:27:26.099
 hearts.

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:28.279
 And maybe

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.319
 it's deeper

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.059
 than just a

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.119
 slight expression

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.740
 of atheism.

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:32.759
 Maybe there

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.500
 are areas

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.919
 of your

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.439
 life where

00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:35.399
 you refuse

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.059
 to recognize

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.859
 God as

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.379
 master,

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.759
 as the

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.359
 owner of

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:39.919
 our lives.

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.500
 Any place

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.240
 truly that we

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.619
 say,

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.459
 Lord,

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.939
 you can have

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.539
 this much,

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:48.000
 but this

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.759
 relationship,

00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.899
 this money,

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.220
 this job,

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:53.700
 this is

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:53.980
 mine.

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:56.600
 You see,

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:56.960
 what we

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.660
 believe about

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.019
 God,

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.120
 not just

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.400
 with our

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.580
 heads,

00:27:59.660 --> 00:27:59.880
 but in

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.640
 our hearts,

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.140
 it has a

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.759
 profound

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.740
 impact on

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.580
 how we

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.200
 live our

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.700
 lives.

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.759
 Every

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.460
 decision of

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.980
 our hands,

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.100
 every emotion

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.380
 in our

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.560
 hearts,

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.320
 every thought

00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:10.740
 in our

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.700
 heads is

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.400
 a reflection

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.840
 of what

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.460
 we think

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.160
 about God,

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.500
 what we

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.120
 believe

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.880
 God

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.180
 be.

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:18.680
 So where

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.160
 in your

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:20.220
 life are

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.759
 you still

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.259
 living as

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.600
 if the

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.400
 master were

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.940
 dead?

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.340
 As the

00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:26.980
 tenants will

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.740
 quickly find

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.100
 out, the

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.740
 master is

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.840
 in fact not

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.360
 dead, but

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.100
 very much

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.640
 alive.

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.779
 Pulling the

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.480
 chief priests

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.840
 and the

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.380
 scribes now

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.940
 into the

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.580
 conversation,

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.880
 Jesus asks

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.420
 them one

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.779
 simple

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.180
 question.

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.420
 When the

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.880
 owner of

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.240
 the vineyard

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.620
 comes,

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.180
 what will

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.740
 he do to

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.539
 those tenants?

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.920
 For all

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.440
 the times

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.900
 that these

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.400
 leaders of

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.880
 the Jewish

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.540
 nation try

00:28:47.540 --> 00:28:48.620
 to trap

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.220
 Jesus with

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.840
 their questions,

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.460
 Jesus turns

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.920
 the table

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.340
 on them.

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.019
 With their

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.160
 blood boiling

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.740
 at the

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.140
 thought of

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.720
 these tenants,

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.700
 by their

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.360
 own words

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.060
 they indict

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.820
 themselves.

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.060
 And I

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.540
 actually like

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:02.040
 the NIV

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:03.160
 better here

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.220
 because in

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.980
 verse 41

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.019
 it captures

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.040
 the repetition

00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:07.519
 in the

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.759
 Greek.

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:08.660
 He will

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.200
 bring those

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.820
 wretches

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.759
 to a

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.100
 wretched

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:12.000
 end.

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.060
 The

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.759
 master will

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.360
 repay you

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.459
 exactly the

00:29:16.459 --> 00:29:16.939
 punishment

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.679
 that you

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.299
 deserve

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.279
 because you

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.719
 did not

00:29:19.719 --> 00:29:20.319
 render to

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.819
 the master

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.259
 the fruit

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.719
 that he

00:29:21.719 --> 00:29:22.199
 deserves

00:29:22.199 --> 00:29:23.119
 and you've

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.899
 scorned his

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.419
 servants and

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:24.839
 his son.

00:29:26.979 --> 00:29:27.679
 Just how

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.079
 will the

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.819
 master judge

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.279
 them though?

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.959
 How will

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.419
 then the

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.059
 master get

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.679
 his fruit?

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.079
 Jesus gives

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.659
 us the answer

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.059
 in verses

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.139
 42 to

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.599
 44.

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.339
 And what

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.079
 initially feels

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.500
 like a

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.939
 sudden

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.479
 detour,

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.979
 Jesus questions,

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.619
 have you

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.579
 never read

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.839
 in the

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.079
 scriptures?

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.299
 And he

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.579
 quotes

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.019
 Psalm

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.699
 118

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.119
 which we

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.659
 read again

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.059
 earlier.

00:29:49.479 --> 00:29:49.879
 A psalm

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.199
 that the

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:50.639
 Israelites

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.239
 already knew

00:29:51.239 --> 00:29:51.819
 very,

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.379
 very well

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.819
 because they

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.239
 sang it

00:29:53.239 --> 00:29:53.959
 at every

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.659
 single great

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.119
 festival

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.939
 like Passover.

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.519
 And this

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.039
 psalm was

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:59.199
 already quoted

00:29:59.199 --> 00:30:00.000
 in the chapter

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.799
 of Matthew

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.319
 22

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.299
 during the

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.899
 triumphal

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.219
 entry.

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.119
 So it

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.339
 should have

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.919
 been fresh

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.299
 on the

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.599
 listeners'

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.099
 minds.

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.099
 But Jesus'

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.839
 interpretation

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.659
 of this

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.199
 psalm

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.859
 is unlike

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.819
 anyone

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.859
 that Jews

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.419
 have ever

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:14.059
 heard before.

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.299
 Verse 42

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.659
 reads,

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.379
 The stone

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.779
 that the

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.079
 builders

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.539
 rejected

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.220
 has become

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.679
 the

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.459
 cornerstone.

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.259
 This was

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.799
 the Lord's

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.319
 doing and

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.619
 it is

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.159
 marvelous

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.720
 in our

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.179
 eyes.

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.919
 The

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:26.399
 cornerstone

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.939
 of course

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.559
 back then

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:27.939
 was the

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:29.000
 most important

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.980
 stone in

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.379
 a building

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.899
 construction

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.480
 project.

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.799
 More

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.240
 literally

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.220
 translated as

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.019
 head of

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.500
 the corner,

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.500
 the cornerstone

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.939
 was the

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:37.679
 indispensable

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.299
 stone

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.879
 that was

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.359
 propped up

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.599
 in the

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.059
 corner of

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.359
 the wall.

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.379
 It held

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.839
 the two

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.539
 sides of

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.940
 the walls

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.359
 together.

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:45.079
 All the

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.819
 other stones

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.720
 in the

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.240
 building structure

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.559
 they need

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.079
 to shift

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.879
 and adjust

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.500
 according to

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.299
 the shape

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.639
 and the

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.180
 size of

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.639
 the corner

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.059
 stone.

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.859
 It's the

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.299
 thing that

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.899
 makes or

00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.460
 breaks a

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.720
 building.

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.859
 So wise

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.319
 prudent

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.740
 builders,

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.319
 they would

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.000
 carefully

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.619
 search for

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.200
 the highest

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.220
 quality stone

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.159
 for their

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.879
 cornerstone.

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.639
 But these

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:06.960
 builders,

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.819
 they lack

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.399
 discernment.

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.279
 Here

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.519
 another

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.859
 parable.

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.019
 A woman

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:14.159
 goes to

00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:14.639
 a market

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.079
 to find

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.039
 the perfect

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.480
 watermelon.

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.159
 In a

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.740
 pile of

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.079
 melons,

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.000
 she picks

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.720
 up each

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.000
 one,

00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:22.220
 taps it,

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.059
 puts her

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.460
 ear to it

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.879
 to see

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.240
 what it

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.740
 sounds like.

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.139
 She

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.559
 inspects

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.059
 its weight,

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.000
 its rind

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.359
 color,

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:28.919
 the field

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.339
 spot,

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:30.000
 the shape,

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.159
 and she

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:32.079
 is rewarded

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.639
 for all

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.099
 that hard

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.579
 work to

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.819
 find the

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.679
 perfect

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.379
 immaculate

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.840
 watermelon.

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.620
 But then

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:40.960
 she tosses

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.540
 it to

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:41.860
 the ground.

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.140
 She takes

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.520
 home the

00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:43.860
 rotted

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.960
 blight

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.260
 one.

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.280
 It's a

00:31:47.280 --> 00:31:47.640
 picture of

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.140
 how the

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.940
 Jewish leaders,

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.740
 they searched

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.140
 for the

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.520
 Messiah.

00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.860
 The Messiah

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.620
 is foretold

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.320
 to be born

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.000
 in Bethlehem

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.200
 in the

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.760
 lineage of

00:31:56.760 --> 00:31:57.080
 David.

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.600
 Jesus

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.640
 is born

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.340
 in Bethlehem

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.660
 in the

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.300
 lineage of

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.560
 David.

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.280
 The Messiah

00:32:03.280 --> 00:32:03.640
 is to be

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:03.960
 born a

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.240
 virgin.

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.900
 Jesus

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.759
 is born

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.240
 of a

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.500
 virgin.

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.400
 The Messiah

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.859
 is to give

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.380
 sight to

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.839
 the blind

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.660
 and unstop

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.140
 the ears

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.380
 of the

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.620
 deaf.

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.539
 Jesus

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.079
 does all

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.319
 that.

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.940
 The Messiah

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.559
 is to ride

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.220
 into Jerusalem

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.559
 on a

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.819
 donkey.

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.700
 Jesus

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.339
 rides

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.480
 into Jerusalem

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.779
 on a

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.000
 donkey.

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.200
 The Messiah

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.599
 is to be

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:22.920
 betrayed

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.519
 for 30

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.160
 pieces of

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.539
 silver.

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:24.920
 Jesus

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.779
 is betrayed

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.339
 for 30

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.039
 pieces of

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.339
 silver.

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.339
 The Messiah

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.819
 is to have

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.380
 his hands

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.980
 and feet

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.620
 pierced

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.380
 and to die

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.620
 among

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.480
 transgressors.

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.420
 Jesus

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.940
 is nailed

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.220
 to the

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.500
 cross

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.820
 between

00:32:34.820 --> 00:32:35.180
 two

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.720
 thieves.

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.700
 And the

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:36.980
 Messiah

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.720
 is to rise

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.140
 from the

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.400
 dead.

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.120
 Jesus

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.059
 walks out

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.259
 of the

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.440
 tomb

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.680
 on the

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:40.940
 third

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.320
 day.

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.539
 The final

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.860
 verdict

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.299
 for the

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.519
 Jewish

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.860
 leaders?

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.940
 Meh,

00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.740
 must be

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:46.920
 someone

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.220
 else.

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.519
 The

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.160
 heart

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.880
 of verse

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.440
 42,

00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.620
 it's a

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.400
 comeback

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.180
 story for

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.660
 the ages.

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:56.680
 But for

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.140
 whom?

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.820
 The Jews

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.380
 traditionally

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.980
 understood

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.900
 the rejected

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.480
 stone that

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.000
 became the

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.700
 cornerstone

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.539
 to refer

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.740
 to

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.400
 themselves.

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.860
 That they

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.240
 will get

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.740
 ultimate

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.539
 triumph over

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.019
 the enemies

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.120
 who despised,

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.259
 who belittled

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.539
 them.

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.720
 But then

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.620
 Jesus shocks

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.180
 them with a

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.759
 radically

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.299
 different,

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.460
 a Christocentric

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.380
 interpretation

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.180
 of this

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.460
 verse.

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.440
 The rejected

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.940
 stone that

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.200
 will be

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.720
 exalted

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.700
 as the

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.259
 prized

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.860
 glorified

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.299
 stone

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.220
 will not

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.740
 be the

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.120
 ethnic

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.620
 nation

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.080
 of Israel,

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:30.200
 but Jesus

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.220
 himself.

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.680
 the

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.140
 one whom

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.360
 the

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.660
 Jewish

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.039
 leaders

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.700
 rejected

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.220
 as their

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.680
 Messiah

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.920
 by

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.680
 crucifying

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.039
 him on

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.539
 a cross

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.339
 will be

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.980
 restored,

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.799
 raised,

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.620
 resurrected

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.559
 as the

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.860
 true

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.740
 cornerstone.

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.700
 Then

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.259
 not the

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.660
 enemies

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.400
 of Israel,

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.220
 but the

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.559
 enemies

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.500
 of Christ.

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.440
 Those

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.059
 who stumble

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.700
 over the

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.059
 stone,

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.860
 they will

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.140
 be the

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.559
 ones who

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.819
 will be

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.180
 broken

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.860
 to pieces,

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.259
 upon whom

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.759
 the stone

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.460
 falls upon

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.799
 will be

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.360
 crushed.

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.979
 And both

00:33:58.979 --> 00:33:59.240
 of these

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.779
 clauses

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.740
 harken back

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.419
 to Old

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:01.740
 Testament

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.240
 passages,

00:34:02.459 --> 00:34:02.859
 like in

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.500
 Isaiah and

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.859
 Daniel,

00:34:04.459 --> 00:34:05.459
 where rebellious

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:06.339
 sinners are

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.240
 shattered,

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.759
 utterly

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.699
 shattered for

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.500
 their actions.

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.279
 There's an

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.960
 old rabbinic

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.500
 saying that

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.779
 says,

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.019
 if a pot

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.619
 falls on

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.059
 a rock,

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.239
 woe to

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.699
 the pot.

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.420
 If a rock

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.339
 falls on

00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:19.799
 a pot,

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.099
 woe to

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.519
 the pot.

00:34:22.359 --> 00:34:23.119
 No matter

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.659
 which way

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.299
 they collide,

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.639
 no matter

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.199
 how or

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.559
 which way

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.420
 you dress

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:27.779
 it up,

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.820
 between a

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.579
 rock and

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.039
 a pot,

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.719
 it will

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.519
 always be

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.059
 woe to

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.619
 the pot.

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.219
 If the

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.880
 chief priests

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.739
 and anyone

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.659
 else stumble

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.480
 over Christ,

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.099
 the rock,

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.279
 they as

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.719
 weak,

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:41.019
 fragile pots,

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.500
 they will be

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.860
 broken.

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.940
 If they

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.799
 resist and

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.320
 oppose him

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.900
 in pride,

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.619
 the weak

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.139
 and brittle

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.579
 pots,

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.199
 they will be

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.719
 crushed,

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.239
 and the

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.759
 kingdom of

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.279
 God will

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.820
 be taken

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.719
 away from

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.059
 them.

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.039
 But the

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.400
 master,

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.079
 he still

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.579
 needs to

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.000
 get his

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.279
 fruit.

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:00.880
 The

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.239
 master

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.920
 demands

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.199
 his

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.539
 fruit,

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.039
 and the

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.380
 master

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.759
 will

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.739
 get his

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.000
 fruit.

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.920
 What's

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.420
 his brand

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.000
 new business

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.699
 plan then

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.639
 to get

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.119
 his fruit?

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.079
 The new

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.960
 plan is

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.019
 kind of like

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.420
 the old

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.699
 plan.

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.300
 He decides

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.699
 to lend

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.400
 it out to

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.179
 other tenants.

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.059
 But wait,

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.800
 how is that

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:20.980
 going to

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.179
 work?

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.000
 For as

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:24.739
 sinful as the

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.459
 Jewish leaders

00:35:25.459 --> 00:35:25.799
 were,

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.979
 they stood

00:35:26.979 --> 00:35:28.119
 as representatives

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.639
 as all of

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.339
 sinful

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.939
 humanity.

00:35:31.979 --> 00:35:32.759
 The same

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.279
 sin that

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.939
 dwells in

00:35:33.939 --> 00:35:34.559
 these leaders,

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.339
 it dwells

00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:35.779
 in us.

00:35:36.899 --> 00:35:37.259
 In fact,

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:38.259
 it's not

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.879
 the story

00:35:38.879 --> 00:35:39.159
 of our

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.500
 true

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.199
 representative

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.000
 in Adam,

00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:42.319
 a man who

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:42.759
 was given

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.500
 a command

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.259
 to cultivate

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:44.979
 the land

00:35:44.979 --> 00:35:45.319
 of a garden.

00:35:45.419 --> 00:35:45.639
 He was

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.500
 invited to

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.779
 go to

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.099
 the Garden

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.479
 of Eden,

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.419
 but then

00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:49.099
 trying to

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.859
 play God

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:50.439
 by eating

00:35:50.439 --> 00:35:50.879
 the forbidden

00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:51.259
 fruit.

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:54.520
 anyone

00:35:54.520 --> 00:35:55.420
 that he

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.700
 would have

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.280
 chosen to

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.780
 run his

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.120
 vineyard

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.760
 would have

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.420
 sinfully

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.160
 tried to

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.720
 take over.

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.260
 We already

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.840
 see that

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.540
 proclivity in

00:36:02.540 --> 00:36:02.780
 us,

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.000
 right?

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.500
 How many

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.480
 times have

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.140
 we rebelled

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:05.900
 and spurned

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.460
 against our

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.840
 master?

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.580
 We remember

00:36:08.580 --> 00:36:09.120
 how we

00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:09.780
 believed that

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.400
 in the face

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.820
 of God

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.200
 that we

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.500
 are the

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.800
 rulers

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.580
 of our

00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:13.180
 own lives.

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.220
 We are

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.560
 the rulers

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:14.880
 of our

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.520
 own stories.

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:15.920
 We are

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.720
 the bosses.

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:17.280
 We get

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.280
 to do

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.640
 what we

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:18.980
 want.

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.179
 We owe

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.960
 nothing to

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.480
 anyone,

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:22.840
 right?

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.400
 No one,

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:25.699
 not anyone

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.679
 is qualified

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.480
 and trusted

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.039
 with this

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.400
 vineyard.

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.099
 So to

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.740
 get his

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.099
 fruit,

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.659
 the Lord,

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.300
 he decides

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.360
 to make

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.719
 a trustworthy,

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.340
 righteous

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.860
 people.

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.480
 And he

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.940
 does that

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.860
 by the

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.139
 Father

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.000
 sending his

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.539
 one and

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.480
 only Son,

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.800
 knowing full

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.219
 well that

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.639
 this would

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.079
 lead to

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.900
 his death.

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.139
 Jesus

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.800
 came of

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.600
 his own

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:49.980
 volition

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.539
 to die

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.980
 a death

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:52.360
 of sinners

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.360
 on behalf

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.720
 of sinners

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.180
 like you

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.680
 and me.

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.440
 We were

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.019
 like these

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.620
 wicked tenants

00:36:57.620 --> 00:36:58.019
 who have

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.860
 hated the

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.240
 master.

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.019
 We wanted

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.580
 him dead.

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.640
 We have

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.140
 rejected

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:03.060
 his messengers,

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.300
 even his

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.900
 own son.

00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:07.400
 We deserve

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.019
 the righteous

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.920
 justice of

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.300
 God for

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.880
 that kind

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.539
 of rebellion.

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.980
 But even

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.500
 while we

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.080
 were still

00:37:13.080 --> 00:37:13.800
 his enemies,

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.740
 Christ died

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.460
 for us

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.019
 to atone

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.480
 for our

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.900
 sins so

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.220
 that he

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:18.780
 could send

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.540
 the Holy

00:37:19.540 --> 00:37:19.920
 Spirit

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.680
 into our

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:21.100
 hearts

00:37:21.100 --> 00:37:22.320
 so that he

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.940
 caused us

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.560
 to be born

00:37:23.560 --> 00:37:24.040
 again,

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:25.240
 to cause

00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:25.760
 us to be

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.840
 living.

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.260
 In doing

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.460
 so,

00:37:28.580 --> 00:37:29.360
 the Spirit

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:30.000
 exchanges

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.980
 hearts of

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.340
 stone and

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.660
 gives us

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:32.200
 hearts of

00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:32.600
 flesh.

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.820
 In doing

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:33.980
 so,

00:37:34.040 --> 00:37:34.519
 the bad

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.960
 trees that

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.660
 once bore

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:35.660


00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.260
 no good

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.960
 fruit are

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.360
 transformed

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.800
 to be

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.820
 good trees

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.280
 that bear

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.760
 healthy

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.160
 fruit.

00:37:41.540 --> 00:37:42.140
 Only

00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:42.560
 because

00:37:42.560 --> 00:37:42.960
 Jesus

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.960
 was cast

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.519
 out are

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.900
 we then

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.200
 now

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.900
 beckoned

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.340
 in.

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.099
 And a

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.460
 word to

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.680
 my

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.320
 discouraged

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.740
 brothers

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:50.079
 and

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.380
 sisters.

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.960
 Do you

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.280
 know that

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.579
 this is

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:52.800
 you?

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.260
 That you

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:55.280
 are truly

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.059
 part of

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.559
 the chosen

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.180
 people of

00:37:57.180 --> 00:37:57.599
 God who

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.440
 are actively

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.160
 producing

00:37:59.160 --> 00:37:59.980
 fruit for

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.180
 him?

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.720
 You may

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.099
 feel like

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.320
 you have

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.099
 nothing to

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.579
 show for

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.240
 your measly

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:05.119
 Christian life.

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.079
 That you

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.519
 feel like an

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.260
 imposter in

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.680
 the midst of

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.200
 everyone else

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.500
 in this

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.800
 church.

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.260
 That everyone

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:09.680
 else seems

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:10.119
 to know what

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.500
 they're doing.

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.240
 They have

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:11.760
 their story.

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.079
 They have

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.500
 their act

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.800
 together.

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.780
 But I

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.179
 can't even

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.559
 produce

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.179
 anything.

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.420
 Yes,

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.000
 we do

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.780
 fall short

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.420
 of the

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.880
 glory of

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.300
 God in

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:22.000
 sin every

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.480
 day.

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.039
 But because

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:24.159
 of the

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.800
 grace that

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.300
 you have

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.900
 received,

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.119
 you bear

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.739
 pleasing

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.480
 fruit for

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.940
 the Lord.

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.599
 You may

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.400
 struggle to

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:31.980
 obey, but

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.579
 there is a

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.639
 vast difference

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.860
 between blatant

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.980
 rebellion and

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.900
 humble attempts

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.739
 to bear the

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.539
 spiritual fruit

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.500
 of love,

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:39.820
 joy,

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.199
 peace,

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.599
 patience,

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:40.960
 kindness,

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.360
 goodness,

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.059
 faithfulness,

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.759
 gentleness,

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.719
 self-control.

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.179
 There are

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:46.039
 leagues of

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.779
 differences between

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.739
 you and the

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.639
 previous tenants.

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.920
 And it's

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.799
 because of your

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:52.039
 faith in Jesus

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:53.099
 Christ, the

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.719
 cornerstone.

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:57.000
 Verse 43 of

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.759
 our passage then

00:38:57.759 --> 00:38:58.840
 marks a shift.

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.559
 A shift in what

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.980
 defines the

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.739
 people of God.

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.340
 In the Old

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.019
 Testament, in the

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.659
 Old Covenant,

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:07.659
 what separated the

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.659
 people of God was

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:10.099
 their ethnicity.

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:10.960
 It was their

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.380
 blood.

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:13.039
 And while there

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.360
 are clear

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:13.820
 exceptions,

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.320
 it was,

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:16.000
 there are

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.739
 clear exceptions,

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.539
 but predominantly

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.340
 by your blood,

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.000
 your ancestry,

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.519
 that's what

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.219
 defined you as

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.739
 the people of

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:20.980
 God.

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.599
 In the New

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:22.940
 Covenant,

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.860
 what matters is

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:25.400
 no longer your

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.199
 blood, your

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.960
 ancestry, your

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.880
 heritage, but

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:29.360
 your faith in

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.179
 Jesus Christ,

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.139
 the cornerstone.

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.279
 As Ephesians 2

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:34.279
 says, both Jew

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:35.820
 and Gentile alike

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.320
 are brought

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:37.320
 together in him,

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.360
 no longer

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.940
 separated,

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.639
 one new people

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.779
 formed in Christ.

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.259
 So we are

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:44.039
 truly the

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:45.000
 people of God

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.699
 built on the

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.599
 foundations of the

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:47.659
 apostles and the

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.940
 prophets, Christ

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.159
 Jesus himself being

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:51.739
 the cornerstone in

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.460
 whom the whole

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:54.159
 structure grows into

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.099
 a dwelling place for

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.359
 God.

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.319
 Brothers and

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.219
 sisters, only by

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:59.460
 faith in Jesus

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.119
 Christ, the

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.980
 cornerstone, not

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:03.179
 by your works, not

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:04.179
 by your performance,

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.400
 are you then given

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:06.539
 access to this

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.960
 vineyard, given the

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.920
 kingdom of God,

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.400
 God, and you're

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.180
 invited in.

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:12.500
 So as verse 42

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:14.500
 says, is this

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:16.000
 raised cornerstone

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:18.079
 truly marvelous in

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.519
 your eyes?

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:21.000
 When was the last

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.820
 time that you

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:23.180
 marveled at the

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:24.220
 cornerstone of

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:24.960
 Jesus Christ?

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.599
 When you slowed

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.760
 down enough in your

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:29.260
 busy lives to just

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:31.480
 marvel, to marvel at

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:34.220
 Jesus Christ, overcome

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:35.800
 by his love and his

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.240
 grace?

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:38.019
 When you were in

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:39.119
 that spot, wasn't

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.119
 that just the best?

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:42.460
 When you said and

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:43.179
 you felt with your

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:44.539
 own heart that isn't

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:46.019
 Jesus just the best?

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.559
 When the rest of the

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.559
 world finds these

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:51.000
 flawed, cracked

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:52.860
 stones marvelous, the

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.880
 boyfriends and

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.980
 girlfriends, the

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:56.519
 family, the money, the

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:58.079
 jobs, the popularity,

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:59.500
 and they prop that up

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.559
 as their cornerstone,

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.139
 the building will

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.179
 always crumble.

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.820
 But we are those who

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.880
 found this rejected

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:09.099
 stone tossed to the

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:10.220
 side and we marvel.

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:12.420
 We simply marvel at

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.519
 its matchless beauty.

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.160
 We marvel at its

00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:16.880
 strength and we prop

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.440
 that up.

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:19.340
 We prop Christ up as

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:22.460
 the cornerstone, the

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.760
 foundational stone that

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.480
 could bear the weight

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.760
 of all of our lives.

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:29.320
 Peter says similarly in

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:30.740
 Acts 4, let it be

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 known to you, to all of

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 you and all the people

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 of Israel that by the

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 name of Jesus Christ

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 of Nazareth, whom you

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 crucified, whom God

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.940
 raised from the dead, by

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:42.599
 him this man is standing

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.360
 before you well.

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 This Jesus is the stone

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 that was rejected by you,

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 the builders, which has

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:50.579
 become the cornerstone.

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 And there is salvation in

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 no one else, for there is

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:56.699
 no other name under heaven

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 given among men by which

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.980
 we must be saved.

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 Here, this quote from

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:05.780
 John Calvin, we see that

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 our whole salvation and

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 all its parts are

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 comprehended in Christ.

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 We should therefore take

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:14.719
 care not to derive the

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:16.719
 least portion of it from

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 anywhere else.

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 If we seek salvation, we

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:21.360
 are taught by the very name

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:22.900
 of Jesus that it is of him.

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 If we seek any other

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.579
 gifts of the Spirit, they

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.740
 will be found in his

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.300
 anointing.

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 If we seek strength, it

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:31.420
 lies in his dominion.

00:42:31.740 --> 00:42:32.920
 If purity, in his

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.500
 conception.

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:35.180
 If gentleness, it appears

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:36.080
 in his birth.

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.760
 If we seek redemption, it

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:38.920
 lies in his passion.

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:40.300
 If acquittal, in his

00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:41.100
 condemnation.

00:42:41.600 --> 00:42:44.420
 If remission of the curse,

00:42:44.660 --> 00:42:45.580
 in his cross.

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:47.820
 If mortification of the

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:49.280
 flesh, in his tomb.

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:51.420
 In newness of life, in

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:52.180
 his resurrection.

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.840
 If inheritance of the

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:55.420
 heavenly kingdom, in his

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.560
 entrance into heaven.

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 If protection, security in

00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:59.579
 his kingdom.

00:43:00.759 --> 00:43:02.579
 In short, since rich soar of

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:04.099
 every kind of good abounds

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:05.980
 in him, let us drink our

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:07.739
 fill from this fountain and

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:08.679
 from no other.

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:13.199
 All we need, all we want,

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:15.739
 all we have, is in the

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:17.179
 marvelous cornerstone of

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:17.920
 Jesus Christ.

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 So, regardless of how it's

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:23.940
 served, whether it's

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:27.240
 straight or it's on a

00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:29.840
 slant, the truth that

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:31.159
 Jesus Christ is the

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:32.860
 cornerstone, that he is the

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.180
 final call to repentance,

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:35.840
 it confronts us.

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 There are only two options.

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 Repent of your ways.

00:43:42.700 --> 00:43:43.360
 Live differently.

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 Or carry on with the

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.139
 status quo.

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 In our closing verses, we

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 read of the leader's

00:43:50.779 --> 00:43:52.739
 response to this warning.

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 They explicitly know that

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:56.679
 Jesus is talking about

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.000
 them.

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 If so, you expect some

00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:02.639
 kind of response, some

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:03.400
 kind of reaction.

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 They repented, or they

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:09.799
 considered the parables, or

00:44:09.799 --> 00:44:10.799
 they even got angry at the

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:11.139
 parables.

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:13.339
 Just something, right?

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:17.059
 But radio silence.

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:19.640
 They knew that Jesus was

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.780
 talking about them, but

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:22.559
 tragically, they just

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:24.400
 carry on as if nothing

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:26.440
 happened, seeking to

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.579
 arrest Jesus while keeping

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.260
 public face.

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 So how will you respond to

00:44:32.620 --> 00:44:33.720
 the message of Jesus

00:44:33.720 --> 00:44:34.059
 today?

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:37.340
 Will you recognize and

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.660
 treasure Jesus as the

00:44:38.660 --> 00:44:40.140
 cornerstone of your life?

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 I pray that you heed this

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:45.019
 final call, this final call

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:46.980
 in Jesus Christ to repent

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:48.099
 and bear fruit from you.

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:49.139
 Let's pray.

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:54.339
 Heavenly Father, we know we

00:44:54.339 --> 00:44:56.299
 are undeserving, but we

00:44:56.299 --> 00:44:57.599
 thank you that we are those

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:59.119
 who are invited into the

00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:01.339
 vineyard, invited to be

00:45:01.339 --> 00:45:02.599
 called people of God.

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:04.539
 And so we are, by faith,

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.359
 by grace.

00:45:05.879 --> 00:45:06.739
 And we pray that you would

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:08.199
 continue to help us to live

00:45:08.199 --> 00:45:10.960
 up to that new title, that

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:12.559
 new reality, that we would

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.980
 bear spiritual fruit for

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:15.799
 you, and that we would

00:45:15.799 --> 00:45:19.019
 renounce all, all of our

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.599
 lives to you.

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:21.059
 That we would surrender all

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:22.339
 the ownership to you, saying

00:45:22.339 --> 00:45:23.699
 it all belongs to you, oh

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:23.960
 God.

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:26.139
 Take what you will.

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.299
 Do what you will.

00:45:29.359 --> 00:45:30.519
 And we want to see you

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:31.639
 glorified in everything.

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:33.739
 In Jesus' name we pray.

00:45:34.299 --> 00:45:34.699
 Amen.

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:34.779
 Amen.

00:45:34.779 --> 00:45:34.839
 Amen.